Katja Kontturi's Thesis - American vs. European Authors

schulte at teacher.com schulte at teacher.com
Sat Dec 18 15:06:59 CET 2010


Greetings to all!

A suggestion to Katja: I know that Don Rosa used to follow the comments here, and used to write comments himself.  You might consider writing to him directly about your thesis.  According to one website, his e-mail address is now deleted, but his postal address is : 

9711 Dawson Hill Rd.
            Louisville, KY 40299
            USA

On a successor to Carl Barks and Don Rosa and American vs. European authors: the creation of cartoon stories is not easy.  And as Don Rosa lamented throughout his tenure, the compensation presents difficulties.       Nevertheless, some new genius must exist somewhere!  It is a matter of opportunities coming together to catalyze such a person.  

I must admit that I have never warmed to European authors of Duck stories, with the exception of some stories by Daan Jippes.    The Italian authors have their fans, but again neither the art nor the stories have ever grabbed me.  Perhaps there is a difference in what Americans and the French, Italians, Germans, etc. find funny and interesting.  (Ultimately Americans are Europeans, even those whose families did not come from Europe: the Western Heritage, beginning with Greece and Rome and revived by Western Europe c. 500 years ago, is still alive, although under constant attack today.)   Europeans might not know that Americans often refer to their family ancestry: "I'm Irish"  "I'm German-Irish"  etc.  I once knew somebody who said: "I'm kind of weird.  I'm Italian and Lithuanian!"   The family ancestry is often used to explain their personality.  "A stubborn old German" is how my grandmother described my grandfather.  And they were not immigrants!

My point is that Americans and Europeans are not as far apart as it might seem: to be sure, there are differences, e.g. Americans remain more religious, and in general (according to the last election) dislike the larger taste of socialism now being offered.  So if BOOM continues to offer European authors, whose stories fail to attract an audience here, they need to search for that new creator, American or otherwise.

Perhaps an international audition would catalyze the appearance of that unknown author!

Best Wishes!

L. Schulte


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