Super high quality comics here, I can appreciate how beloved the stories are I just had trouble getting into them this time around.

Really interesting to be reading this and John Updike's "Rabbit, Run" at the same time. Both are steeped in rich detail that is by turns hilarious and apt. Both are page-turners of the highest order. Most significant of all, both are beautifully rendered portraits of characters that are as compelling as they are unlikable.

Bound to ideals that make them unknowable, to peers if not readers, both Scrooge and Rabbit are drawn to a life of selfish wallowing, more figuratively in the case of the former, a character most often remembered for treating his vast vaults as swimming pools. Rabbit, like most any young man at heart, wants ultimate freedom and universal acceptance, to be able to give in to his basest whims while maintaining a respectable family life.

Both are tenacious, and both court controversy in their own way. Scrooge handily bests anyone (including, but not limited to, bears, giant zombies, and Teddy Roosevelt) stupid enough to impede his rampage of accumulation for its own sake, and Rabbit's natural cockiness, which served him well as a high school basketball superstar, can cut most anyone down to size, regardless of the nature of their intentions. Having become wary of shysters and hangers-on, Scrooge gradually begins to both alienate and take advantage of his once impoverished family, while Rabbit shocks and shames family and friends alike by ditching his pregnant wife and young son and shacking up with a supposed prostitute.

Each seek a perfection that no one in their life can approve or comprehend. They are both seemingly incapable of not being themselves, for better or worse. You might not want to make friends for life with either Uncle Scrooge or Harry Angstrom, but once you make their acquaintance they'll weigh heavily on your mind, particularly when you're faced with the consequences of your actions.

I doubt many people have ever chanced to begin and end these books alongside one another, but this type of literary happenstance is one of those possibilities that keep me coming back to these book things. An unexpected, and in both cases excellent, pairing.

موهبة فاتنة، وجمال خالص

This is not just the best comic book ever written, it is a profound literary masterpiece.

Courtesy of Tuomas Holopainen, frontman of Nightwish, it now also has its own accompanying music album, which spectacularly lives up to the book itself.

Magnificent stuff

A very nice backstory to everyone's favourite and grumpy rich uncle Scrooge McDuck.
Very entertaining and imaginative, unfortunately the turning sour of Scrooge is not as "believable" if compared to the rest of his adventures..

Sial, ini buku lupa "keangkut" pas minggu kmaren. Gara2 kepincut boneka gukguk (yang ternyata kudu bayar 50rebu)#rada2dikibulin
padahal pan duitna yang 50rb lumayan buat nambah2 beli buku ini yang lumayan mahal. Pas inget, trus mriksa dompet ternyata duit tinggal 25rebu lageeee :))

Dudul ah...
Tar dicek ke RB ah, kali ajeee dapet diskon 30%

I have of course read them before, but actually never in this collection. And not actually this collection either, I read the Swedish version but couldn't find it.

Scrooge McDuck is my absolute favourite character, and Don Rosa is seriously the only "duckist" I like. I remember reading Kalle o Co when I was a kid and was always drawn to Rosa's darker illustrations, with all the shading and funny things going on in the background. Of course I didn't know what a master Don Rosa was until I read the collected works in the "Hall of Fame" editions. All that fact checking, historical correctness, staying true both to actual history and Barks' history is really amazing.

I enjoyed the "Hall of Fame" a little more, can't really say why right now but this is still truly the "Great American Novel" of all times. Would like to read it in English though since the best, most Scroogian quote - when Scrooge becomes the richest in the world and Matilda calls him "a poor old man" - becomes sort of meaningless in Swedish.

Ogrom pracy, jaki włożył Rosa w poskładanie, uzupełnienie i napisanie historii Sknerusa od nowa jest imponujący. Dodatkowo każdy rozdział poprzedzono wstępem, w którym autor szczegółowo opisuje co jest jego pomysłem, a co przepisał od Barksa. Wydarzenia wrzucone są w konkretne ramy czasowe i towarzyszą im prawdziwe konteksty historyczne. Całość jest ślicznie zilustrowana i tylko trochę żal, że to ten stopień infantylnego opowiadania, jaki nie pozwala mi w pełni cieszyć się lekturą. Pewnie się narażę, ale jeśli ktoś twierdzi, że to historia zarówno dla dzieciaków jak i dorosłych to piątki nie przybijam. Moim zdaniem dojrzały czytelnik nie wyniesie z tego nic poza dosyć banalnymi wnioskami o amerykańskim śnie i kilkoma frazesami o kapitalizmie. Oczywiście kaczkofani będą zachwyceni i słusznie, bo to chyba najbardziej kompletne dzieło w tym uniwersum, więc jeśli jesteś jednym z nich, uznaj, że tej opinii nie było

Voih, tämä se on edelleen niin rakas ja tärkeä. Rosa on mahtava, kaikki viittaukset ja historiafaktat ja ihana, ylpeä nörtteily. On huippua päästä lukemaan noita näin syntyi -tarinoita.

Mulle luettiin näitä ääneen, kun oli pieni, joten tämä on nostalgiaa parhaimmillaan. Tietysti oon itsekin lukenut koko setin läpi monet monituiset kerrat, ja aina saa liikuttua ja ihastua Rosan jälkeen. Rosan Roope on niin hellyyttävä kaiken kovuutensa (ja jopa kapitalismin.....) alla.

There's no way to sugarcoat this: you need to read this. You don't have to like comics, or the Duck family, or Disney. This is a wonderful piece of storytelling in its own right. Basically iconic. Do yourself a favour, friend.

(I'm very proud to own an actual hardcover of this, although, to be precise, mine is the translated Greek edition)

This one is really great, I never thought I will encounter great and inspiring story when I reading a comic books