It's not as bad

[H.W. Fluks]

ARTHUR:
> It is true, that they
> disparaged your work,  while I and Harry were talking to them at the Dutch
> comic convention.

Let's put things straight here:

1. You overheard a conversation between Mau Heymans and some other guy. They
   were talking about Don stealing Barks ideas. I was not there. You told
   me about this afterwards.

2. You and I were talking later that day with Dutch editor Frans Hasselaar.
   He said Rosa is not that bad, but his stories are only for the older fans
   that read DD Extra.

Mau Heymans is an artist, Frans Hasselaar is an editor. No necessary connection
between the two.

> They had just heard of that Grandey-thing

They did? They never told be they knew! When Barks and Grandey
visited Holland last year, the Dutch knew nothing about any Rosa-Grandey
controversy.

> The guy, to whom we were 
> talking, told us, that whenever they get a new Rosa-story, they immediate-
> ly give it to the director (or editor?) of the Donald Duck Extra, so he 
> can print it as the first story to be printed in the next issue.

That's not the reason. The reason that the stories go to the DD Extra editor
(Jos Beekman) directly is that they know the story cannot be put in the
DD weekly because of the art, no matter how good the story is.

Roles in this little play:
Mau Heymans - Dutch Disney comics artist. Dislikes Rosa's products.
Thom Roep - Chief editor of Dutch Disney comics. Does not like Rosa's art, but
	said the stories were good.
Frans Hasselaar - Dutch editor. Judges stories created for Holland.
Jos Beekman - Dutch Editor, specialised in DD Extra. Likes Rosa's
	stories and art very much. He wrote the very positive announcement
	about Lo$ 12 in the present DD Extra issue.

--Harry.