Well, I'm not saying he'll definitely really NEVER do it. It's obviously possible that he might get bored sometimes in his 70s or 80s and feel like doing one more thing. Who knows. But for the time being and the long foreseeable future, I'm 100 % certain something like this won't happen. Maybe in ten years, maybe in 15, maybe never. But surely not within the next couple years.
Also, I'm not sure how the art would look in such a story. I wasn't the biggest fan of Don's art of the last two or three years of his career (I felt that after A Letter From Home it really became even crampier than his usual trademark crampy style), but sure, it would obviously still end up being a bestseller.
Well, I'm not saying he'll definitely really NEVER do it. It's obviously possible that he might get bored sometimes in his 70s or 80s and feel like doing one more thing. Who knows. But for the time being and the long foreseeable future, I'm 100 % certain something like this won't happen. Maybe in ten years, maybe in 15, maybe never. But surely not within the next couple years.
Also, I'm not sure how the art would look in such a story. I wasn't the biggest fan of Don's art of the last two or three years of his career (I felt that after A Letter From Home it really became even crampier than his usual trademark crampy style), but sure, it would obviously still end up being a bestseller.
I don't mean to get too off-topic, but this thread reminds me of a question I've had for a long time and couldn't find an answer to, and I'm hoping you can finally shed some light on it. Rosa once said that he had had an offer from Bongo Comics to do some work for them. He made this revelation on a forum or mailing list somewhere as a passing, lighthearted remark while making a larger point (about his frustrations with the Disney system, IIRC), but never expanded on it. What exactly was Bongo envisioning for him? Working on Simpsons comics, or a title all his own? When was the offer made, how seriously did he consider it, and why did he turn it down?
Yes, he was offered to do a Simpsons story. However, he's not interested in doing anything without the Ducks. That's also the reason why he won't do any new creator-owned comics of his own or write adventure novels or similar stuff. He just doesn't care for it. According to him "Any new character I'd create now wouldn't be what I grew up with", so he just doesn't have any interest in working for other titles or creating his own independent books.
So no, while it was an actual offer, he never really considered it because it's nothing he'd have any passion for. The only thing he ever wanted to do is tell stories with the ducks.
Actually, Don Rosa *did* reveal the name of HDL's father in one of his stories! What's more, he did that in the *very first* Disney-story he ever created, even *before* "The Son of the Sun"! I'm referring to "Return to Duckburg Place", which is a parody, but still.
In the story, a judge decides to release juvenile delinquents Huey, Dewey & Louie in the custody of their *father*, who turns out be *DAFFY DUCK*! This of course makes perfect sense. [...]
This is not the only reference to Daffy Duck in Rosa's stories, because in "The Starstruck Duck", we get this:
Donald gets mistaken for Daffy Duck by an autograph hound. In Rosa's universe, Mickey Mouse & Goofy are famous movie stars, but so are Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck & Elmer Fudd! So to answer the question why Huey, Dewey & Louie don't live with their parents... famous actor Daffy Duck is simply too busy making movies and as for Della... well, the new DuckTales seems to have an answer to that. The parents are probably divorced as well.
Even if Don Rosa did create another story about Huey, Dewey and Louie's father, it probably would have a hard time getting through Disney Publishing Worldwide, especially in the US.
Every time somebody mentions Return to Duckburg Place, I shudder. I know it's a parody and all, but I found it so... disturbing that I wish I'd never even set eyes on it. I can't *unsee* it.
I remember reading a while ago that Francesco Artibani was going to do a story about Huey, Dewey and Louie’s parents, but it was rejected by the publisher because DuckTales was already doing its Della Duck storyline around that time. It’s a shame it didn’t happen—I would have liked to read that story. Artibani is certainly one of the better Italian Duck wriiters (he did “Scrooge’s Last Adventure”, among others).
Post by Baar Baar Jinx on May 14, 2020 23:28:49 GMT
While I'm not exactly eager to read another story about HD&L's parents, the idea that DuckTales '17 continuity is dictating what can and cannot happen in the comics is not a positive development in my eyes.
From what I can piece together, Artibani had plans for using Della and her husband as traveling adventurers, and found some kind of way to use them recurringly in his stories. It all sounds very interesting to me. When it comes to things that Barks never answered (such as the question of who HDL’s parents are), I think it’s fun having different writers create their own version, without having to care about continuity. It’s only fair that, after the Dutch publisher had Geradts do his take on Della Duck, the Italians could create their version, as well. Frustrating that Artibani’s story would have come to fruition if it weren’t for that dang TV show.
From what I can piece together, Artibani had plans for using Della and her husband as traveling adventurers, and found some kind of way to use them recurringly in his stories.
if you want to know precisely how that user of the Italian forum was reporting the idea pitched on facebook by Artibani: he was planning a plot featuring Della and his husband as 'treasure hunters', but with the face of the latter never revealed, possibly to exploit him in a second future story. He does not say that Disney rejected the idea because it is alternative to the one in DT17. Artibani's guess is that it was a problem of unlucky timing. They maybe wanted the coming back of Della in the series to be quite a unique feature of the series.