I think THIS goes very much AWAY from Scrooge's character. He'd want his personal secretary to be someone who could do her work efficiently, and concentrate on it fully. Any woman he'd have "on the side" (of his mania for building wealth), would better serve him by being AWAY from his working environment. She wouldn't "stay with him" long, if she were subject to his constantly berating her for being less efficient than he'd like (believing her to be keeping him from making more money than he is, due to her inefficiencies (as he berated Donald, and even Clerkly, and the other office workers). If he would need loving attention from a woman, he'd better have not berated her constantly, and often within earshot of fellow workers.
Oh, I didn't mean a romantic relationship, necessarily; not sure if you're familiar with the backstory of Mrs. Beakley and Scrooge on DuckTales '17, but it's portrayed as a platonic, professional shared past.
I would guess she'd have been in her late 20s when starting with Scrooge, when he was in his early 50s, or so. If Scrooge was born in 1873, he was 52 in 1925. So, Miss Quackfaster would have been in her late 30s in 1947, when Donald first got re-acquainted with Uncle Scrooge. And she'd have been no older than her early 40s, while the majority of the stories we've seen in the comic books took place, according to Rosa's and other fans' best guess timelines.
But this is all speculative; there's nothing in the comics that suggests that she's three decades younger than Scrooge. The impression that I always got from Rosa's Life of Scrooge (and the Barks comics for that matter), is that she's roughly the same age or perhaps a few years younger, but certainly of the same generation.
I think THIS goes very much AWAY from Scrooge's character. He'd want his personal secretary to be someone who could do her work efficiently, and concentrate on it fully. Any woman he'd have "on the side" (of his mania for building wealth), would better serve him by being AWAY from his working environment. She wouldn't "stay with him" long, if she were subject to his constantly berating her for being less efficient than he'd like (believing her to be keeping him from making more money than he is, due to her inefficiencies (as he berated Donald, and even Clerkly, and the other office workers). If he would need loving attention from a woman, he'd better have not berated her constantly, and often within earshot of fellow workers.
Oh, I didn't mean a romantic relationship, necessarily; not sure if you're familiar with the backstory of Mrs. Beakley and Scrooge on DuckTales '17, but it's portrayed as a platonic, professional shared past.
I would guess she'd have been in her late 20s when starting with Scrooge, when he was in his early 50s, or so. If Scrooge was born in 1873, he was 52 in 1925. So, Miss Quackfaster would have been in her late 30s in 1947, when Donald first got re-acquainted with Uncle Scrooge. And she'd have been no older than her early 40s, while the majority of the stories we've seen in the comic books took place, according to Rosa's and other fans' best guess timelines.
But this is all speculative; there's nothing in the comics that suggests that she's three decades younger than Scrooge. The impression that I always got from Rosa's Life of Scrooge (and the Barks comics for that matter), is that she's roughly the same age or perhaps a few years younger, but certainly of the same generation.
Why would he have such an old woman working in such a key role in his firm? My impression from Barks' use of her was that she was in her early to mid 40s, at most.
Why would he have such an old woman working in such a key role in his firm? My impression from Barks' use of her was that she was in her early to mid 40s, at most.
Because she works cheap? I always thought she had been a fixture who had worked for Scrooge forever and whom he simply couldn't bring himself to let go. So she aged as he did. The idea that Scrooge had shut down the shop until a few years before "present day stories" is Rosa's, not Barks'. And in any event, even Rosa had Quackfaster hired in 1910, so what was she doing all those years when Scrooge was a recluse and not attending office? To me, she looks to be much older than in her forties, even in Barks' work.
I look forward eagerly to the day when I can read these Korhonen Klondike stories, though I'm afraid it's going to be a while before they turn up in anything I can buy in a language I can read. I enjoyed Korhonen's Klondike story which was a love letter to Finland, with the Finnish brothers rescuing a semi-frozen Scrooge by (but of course!) a sauna.
Got the story here. The chracter is not the current Quackfaster (Scrooge actually works for her at her inn). It's not said outright but it's clearly supposed to be Miss Q's mother.
I enjoyed the story and like that it keeps within the Barks/Rosa universe. The presence of Mrs Quackfaster was a bit unnecessary (I’m not a big fan of those kinds of connections) but didn’t spoil anything. Looking forward to future installments.
I also liked the story. Korhonen clearly tried to up his game as an artist, although visually, he's still not real competition for Rosa (e.g. the characters "flying" through the air instead of walking properly on the ground, far too often). The colouring helps a lot. Let's see how this will continue!
The second story was good as well, with references to The Master of the Mississippi. A bit short though. Does anyone know how many of these are planned?
The second story was good as well, with references to The Master of the Mississippi. A bit short though. Does anyone know how many of these are planned?
According to Sanoma, there will be ten parts in all. The first five will be published this fall and the rest in 2020. No exact date has been announced yet, as Korhonen is apparently still working with the rest of the parts.
PS. Sorry if I have some mistakes in my text, I'm pretty bad when it comes to English grammar...
It moves along nicely but all seems to be too rushed to make a coherent story. I'm not really hyped up for the rest of the series. I wonder if it will read better in one go as opposed to bits & bobs...
The problems continue in part three. It’s extremely rushed, only seven pages for a story that should be at least fourteen. Also, as I mentioned earlier, I’m not a fan of having everybody’s parents making guest appearances, and this time there’s a lot of them.