Don and the canon

[Maria Enriquez Harris]

On 27 Nov 1994, Don Rosa wrote:

(on the subject of canonical Duck stories)

>       THIS is precisely the anal-retentive attitude that I brought
> into the scheme with my attempts to change all that, at least as far as
> I was concerned. That's why, when I did my first story ("The Son of the
> Sun"), I opened it with a tour of a "Barks Museum" to tell the readers
> that MY stories would be based solidly on Barks' work as the only holy
> canon, treating it as irrefutable fact. And, of course, Gladstone was
> the first editorial group who, as Barks fans rather than just editors
> filling jobs, would allow this or value it. And I still see myself as 
the only writer >who approaches the stories with this attitude.

I am sure that many would agree that it is precisely this scholarly
approach of Don's to his writing which makes his stories so appealing to
followers of Barks' work and why we are willing to include Don's work in
the canon. For one thing, it means that well-loved Barks tales can have
their sequels realised by Don..such as the wonderful "Return to Plain Awful".
(While we are on the subject..any chance of revisiting "Tralla La", 
Don?). Not to imply that sequels are the be-all and end-all.

Btw, this is the first time I have posted to this list.

(I must admit to feeling inhibited by a)not being a comic writer and
b)not being Scandinavian or Dutch!)

Are there any people on the list who live in the south of England and can
tell me of a store which stocks Duck comics? My local store stopped
stocking them since Disney took over Gladstone and has never taken them 
up again.

Failing that, what is the UK mail order address for Gladstone..does
anyone know? Or any mailing address for Gladstone?

Heck, I haven't even been able to read one issue of LOS!!!

Hungry-for-duckcomics-Pita