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Published: 2017-04-07 17:16:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 1293; Favourites: 43; Downloads: 0
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I have made a drawing to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Don Rosa's first Disney comic - "The Son of the Sun". (Published April 7, 1987)A big THANK YOU Don, for all the adventures, all the laughter and all the inspiration you have given us fans through the years!
The drawing can also be seen on Don Rosa's Facebook: www.facebook.com/donrosaofficial. As always, a huge honor!!
My Facebook: facebook.com/tedjohanssonsweden
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That was the beginning of something incredible, something amazing that we've had the CHANCE to see ! When I think all of that started on a coincidence... WOW !
Congrats Ted !
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Yes, and such an AMAZING debut it was!!! So impressive!
What do you mean by coincidence?
Thank you, Anthony! Have a great day!
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I mean that Don noticed one day that a magazine had a Carl Barks cover that he didn't know, (but it was a Daan Jippes cover) and called the editor of the magazine, and became what he became. That was a stroke of luck.
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Yes, I know. It was a stroke of luck in the sense that Gladstone started to publish Disney comics in 1986, and that they were willing to give Don Rosa a try. But I don't see it as a coincidence that Don applied as a comic artist. With Don's passion for the Disney ducks he would have done it anyway, sooner or later. But I'm glad it happened early on!
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Yes I meant the coincidence was that Don saw this cover and started to draw Disney comics from that. Better sooner than later !
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I totally agree! We are spoiled with all the wonderful comics Don created during his career!
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Yeah and I still wonder how a story can contain so much fun, emotions and intelligence at the same time !! There are not just stories, there are masterpieces ! The best of all the comics (to me at least 
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Glad to hear that! I've had the pleasure of meeting Don many times during his visits to Sweden and Denmark through the years. The first time I met him was in Stockholm 1994.
Have a nice day!
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Thank you very much for your nice words, Mina! I'm honored!
Have a nice day!
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Thanks a lot! Glad you like it!
Have a nice day!
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Owahooo!!
Wonderful draw as usueal, and beatiful tribute!
The Son of the Sun, i'ts one of my favourites Don Rosa Comics (I love especially the moment when flinty and scroogey are fightening on the sunburst! XD)
Thanks for this draw and thanks to Master Don Rosa!
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Thank you very much! Glad you like it!
"The Son of the Sun" is one of my favorite Don Rosa comics too - in fact it's one of my favorite comics of all time!
Have a nice day!
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Oh! Are you a Don Rosa fan? If yes, it's such a rarity to find another one online!
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Yes, I'm a really big fan of Don Rosa!! If I wasn't, I wouldn't do this type of drawing: tedjohansson.deviantart.com/ar…
Have a nice day!
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You might want to go visit the Disney Comics Forum, The Feathery Society . We're quite a lot of Disney comics fans there, and nearly all love Don Rosa.
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