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The Don Rosa Library #5
Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck: The Richest Duck in the World
In Fantagraphics’ fifth complete, chronological book of Duck adventures by Don Rosa, Scrooge halts the invasion of Fort Duckburg, teams up with the Junior Woodchucks to hunt down the legendary Library of Alexandria, and much more.
192 pages, Hardcover
First published June 5, 2016
About the author
Don Rosa
389 books382 followersKeno Don Hugo Rosa (born June 29, 1951), is an American comic book writer and illustrator known best for his stories about Scrooge McDuck, Donald Duck and other Duck Family characters. Many of his stories are built on characters and locations created by Carl Barks.
In 1995 he won the Eisner Award for "Best Serialized Story" for his 12-chapter work The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck. He received the award again in 1997 for "Best Artist/Writer - Humor Category".
In 1995 he won the Eisner Award for "Best Serialized Story" for his 12-chapter work The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck. He received the award again in 1997 for "Best Artist/Writer - Humor Category".
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February 28, 2021
Another GREAT volume of this amazing Complete set of Don Rosa...
here we conclude the main line of the epic tale of Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck... one of the greatest comics epics ever...
The King of the Klondike
Guardians of the Lost Library
The Billionaire of Dismal Downs
From Duckburg to Lillehammer
The Invader of Fort Duckburg
The Empire-Builder From Calisota
The Richest Duck in the World
here we conclude the main line of the epic tale of Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck... one of the greatest comics epics ever...
The King of the Klondike
Guardians of the Lost Library
The Billionaire of Dismal Downs
From Duckburg to Lillehammer
The Invader of Fort Duckburg
The Empire-Builder From Calisota
The Richest Duck in the World
January 8, 2020
Rosa's accomplishment with the volume is pretty amazing. Creating a cohesive timeline of Scrooge's past from the Barks stories was ambitious, and he did an amazing job. These stories are wonderful, the art is amazing, and Rosa gives Scrooge such depth of character for a cute cartoon. This book runs the gamut of emotions from goofy fun to poignant sadness. Scrooge is shown as principled but flawed; he can be hard-nosed and blunt, but then will quietly do things that reveal a soft side he would prefer not to acknowledge. It is nice having these stories collected in these beautiful Fantagraphics volumes.
July 7, 2018
I thoroughly enjoyed this volume of the Don Rosa library. We learn more about Scrooge's past in this book. I liked his adventures in the Klondike, I loved how Rosa tied the Library of Alexandria to the Junior Woodchuck Guidebook, and Scrooge's sisters become supporting characters in their own right. We even get a Duck family tree!
September 26, 2018
A great conclusion to the narration of Uncle Scrooge’s life story. It was funny. It was sad. It contained adventure and intrigue.
I appreciated and marvelled over the art work especially in this volume, which focused even more in the fine details in the background that gave a little extra dose of humour.
ElliotScribbles
I appreciated and marvelled over the art work especially in this volume, which focused even more in the fine details in the background that gave a little extra dose of humour.
ElliotScribbles
November 15, 2016
I have read all the stories in this volume many times, and I never tire of them. Containing the conclusion to the epic "Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck" and the one-off "Guardians of the Lost Library," this book represents some of Don Rosa's greatest work.
September 1, 2019
La spettacolare conclusione della $aga di Paperone.
Colonna sonora obbligatoria, To be Rich, ovviamente di Tuomas Holopainen.
In aggiunta due ulteriori storie extra Saga, una delle quali è la mitica ricerca della Biblioteca di Alessandria che si conclude con un fantastico colpo di scena.
E se proprio non si fosse rimasti ancora del tutto soddisfatti, l'albero genealogico del Clan McDuck con tanto di annotazioni di Don Rosa.
Che, purtroppo, rivela di non essere un fan di Paperoga (che avrebbe voluto omettere dalla famiglia). Pazienza Don, ti vogliamo bene lo stesso!
Colonna sonora obbligatoria, To be Rich, ovviamente di Tuomas Holopainen.
In aggiunta due ulteriori storie extra Saga, una delle quali è la mitica ricerca della Biblioteca di Alessandria che si conclude con un fantastico colpo di scena.
E se proprio non si fosse rimasti ancora del tutto soddisfatti, l'albero genealogico del Clan McDuck con tanto di annotazioni di Don Rosa.
Che, purtroppo, rivela di non essere un fan di Paperoga (che avrebbe voluto omettere dalla famiglia). Pazienza Don, ti vogliamo bene lo stesso!
March 24, 2019
This volume contains two of my favorite Don Rosa stories, both in the latter half of the Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck. In "The King of the Klondike" you see the moment where Scrooge becomes a rich man, and in the highlight of the saga, "The Empire-Builder from Calisota", you get to see the Scrooge at his darkest. I remember crying when reading the latter chapter as a kid (and even teen). This collection also includes "Guardians of the Lost Library", a love letter to books, and the Norway-related story about the Lillehammer Olympics.
July 31, 2018
Don Rosa is the REAL king of comic continuity, only because he works with the Disney ducks, he is apparently overlooked.
These stories make up the last part of Rosa's Scrooge McDuck biography.
These stories make up the last part of Rosa's Scrooge McDuck biography.
December 10, 2023
Half of The Life of Times and Scrooge McDuck plus an origin story for the Junior Woodchucks? It doesn't get much better than this, except in the first half of Uncle Scrooge's life, and the last third. We go from Scrooge's strike in the Klondike to his fall, his moral collapse, the time when he cheats a village for their land and has the citizens beaten by white thugs. Scrooge never falls lower, and Rosa does a masterful job of handling Scrooge's one moment of unsquareness. And its consequences. And his sisters, never reconciled. How he became a bitter old duck summoning the nephews he'd barely met to his mansion.
There's a also the story of the Library of Alexandria and the Junior Woodchucks' Guidebook. Loved it! Hijinks everywhere. I liked when they dig up a futbol field mid-game. This is the funny stuff.
There's a also the story of the Library of Alexandria and the Junior Woodchucks' Guidebook. Loved it! Hijinks everywhere. I liked when they dig up a futbol field mid-game. This is the funny stuff.
January 21, 2018
One of the reasons I love this volume is that the last part of "The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck" series is in it; the stories that cover the "getting rich" part of Scrooge's life. They can be quite dark and deep, and are an amazing read.
What surprised me is how gripping and fascinating the Don Rosa commentary is!
What surprised me is how gripping and fascinating the Don Rosa commentary is!
September 29, 2018
In this fifth volume of the Don Rosa Library are the final chapters of
The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck
, plus two non related stories, the Library being strictly chronological. (One,
The Guardians of the Lost Library
, is extremely good; the other,
From Duckburg To Lillehammer
, not so much.) I have always loved the hyper-detailed drawing style of Rosa, and his maniacal attention to historical background, and both are found aplenty in
The Life and Times
; but it is much more than that. It's a uniquely adult (not in the sex sense, of course) take on the story of Scrooge McDuck that shows in every page the love of the author for the character, and an epic adventure tale in the vein of the great Hollywood kolossals of the '50s. As I said in my micro-review of the first part it's one of the best comic book sagas I ever read; not just in the Disney universe, ever.
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In questo quinto volume della Don Rosa Library ci sono i capitoli finali della Saga di Paperon de' Paperoni , insieme a due storie non collegate, dato che i volumi sono strettamente in ordine cronologico. (Una delle due, Zio Paperone e i guardiani della biblioteca perduta , molto bella; l'altra Paperino... Da Paperopoli a Lillehammer , passabile.) Ho sempre adorato lo stile di disegno iper-dettagliato di Rosa e la sua attenzione maniacale al contesto storico dei suoi fumetti, e entrambe le cose si trovano in abbondanza nella Saga ; ma c'è molto di più. È un'interpretazione incredibilmente adulta (non nel senso sessuale del termine, ovviamente) della storia di Paperon de' Paperoni che mostra in ogni pagina l'amore dell'autore per il personaggio, e insieme un'avventura epica nello stile dei grandi kolossal della Hollywood degli anni '50. Come dicevo nella mia micro-recensione della prima parte, è una delle migliori saghe a fumetti che abbia mai letto; non solo nell'universo Disney, in generale.
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In questo quinto volume della Don Rosa Library ci sono i capitoli finali della Saga di Paperon de' Paperoni , insieme a due storie non collegate, dato che i volumi sono strettamente in ordine cronologico. (Una delle due, Zio Paperone e i guardiani della biblioteca perduta , molto bella; l'altra Paperino... Da Paperopoli a Lillehammer , passabile.) Ho sempre adorato lo stile di disegno iper-dettagliato di Rosa e la sua attenzione maniacale al contesto storico dei suoi fumetti, e entrambe le cose si trovano in abbondanza nella Saga ; ma c'è molto di più. È un'interpretazione incredibilmente adulta (non nel senso sessuale del termine, ovviamente) della storia di Paperon de' Paperoni che mostra in ogni pagina l'amore dell'autore per il personaggio, e insieme un'avventura epica nello stile dei grandi kolossal della Hollywood degli anni '50. Come dicevo nella mia micro-recensione della prima parte, è una delle migliori saghe a fumetti che abbia mai letto; non solo nell'universo Disney, in generale.
October 26, 2020
I finished this a while ago. A few thoughts: This volume finishes up the Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck series that Rosa is so famous for. Scrooge goes around to various places in the world and becomes rich and becomes rotten, basically. Rosa uses a lot of movie references here and there, such as to Citizen Kane, and Scrooge often comes across as superhuman--to the point that it was really annoying me. At one point, he takes on basically the entire wild kingdom in Africa and wins, including catapulting KNOCKING OVER a dead tree single handedly, catapulting a rhino through the air with his body weight, and taming a lion by roaring at it. Rosa later has the temerity to complain in his notes that some in his European audience took umbrage to how Scrooge seemed like a superhero in his fight on a riverboat. In Rosa's eyes, he had written the riverboat scene so as to be clearly apocryphal, though I don't think it really was clear... especially given how Scrooge had become superhuman far before that.
But anyway, Rosa's treatment of Scrooge as a superhuman figure was just a pet peeve of mine. The other issue for me is that I think Rosa sometimes spent too much time trying to cram in references to Carl Barks adventures and real history to the point that the stories suffer from it. Still, I love Rosa's sense of humor, which pervades this volume--his "irritating details" in the backgrounds, his gags, his detailed art. Despite how he goes on and on insulting himself in his comments, he obviously has a considerable fanbase, and there is a LOT to enjoy from his books. This volume, too, was a lifesaver for me as I have been dealing with some nasty things in my life. Thanks, Don!
But anyway, Rosa's treatment of Scrooge as a superhuman figure was just a pet peeve of mine. The other issue for me is that I think Rosa sometimes spent too much time trying to cram in references to Carl Barks adventures and real history to the point that the stories suffer from it. Still, I love Rosa's sense of humor, which pervades this volume--his "irritating details" in the backgrounds, his gags, his detailed art. Despite how he goes on and on insulting himself in his comments, he obviously has a considerable fanbase, and there is a LOT to enjoy from his books. This volume, too, was a lifesaver for me as I have been dealing with some nasty things in my life. Thanks, Don!
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November 24, 2021Another amazing compilation of stories from Don Rosa, one of the greatest comic book artists and writers of all time, building upon the imaginary world that the legendary Carl Barks (1901-2000) created for Disney in the 1940s, '50s, and '60s. Rosa's "The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck" goes into twelve parts, from his days as a shoeshine boy in Glasgow to when he finally settles in Duckburg and meets Donald and the nephews. Along the way is a search for the lost library of Alexandria among other adventures, and even Theodore Roosevelt turns up.
October 26, 2017
As usuall fantastic job. Last few episodes of "Life & Times of Scrooge McDuck "+ amazing "Guardians of the lost library" (I guess it became one of my favourites right now!) and "From Duckburg to Lillehammer". Ofcourse with excellent and very interesting Don Rosa's comments. Genius.
July 27, 2023
Wasn’t sure if my 6 year old would enjoy Life and Times (second half of which is contained in here) but he looooved it. Scrooge is too good for him to not embrace.
May 30, 2024
Don Rosa -kirjastossa on kiva idea, mutta tarinoita on mukavampi lukea teemoittain kuin aikajärjestyksessä...
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August 13, 2017This might be the best of the entire series. Don Rosa at the top of his powers.
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