Post by RobbK1 on Jan 2, 2017 3:03:55 GMT
(1) I don't like Scarpa's take on Scrooge's world. I detest Brigitta and can't like any story that includes her. I know she is sometimes treated with respect as a businesswoman, but I can't dissociate her from the lovelorn stalker, and I just hate-hate-hate that trope. Jubal Pomp is OK, I guess, if Brigitta isn't around. But none of the characters Scarpa created has become "real" in my headcanon. Dickie might possibly attain reality in my personal Duckburg, depending on my reaction to the stories I have yet to see.
(3) Subseries: Like sirredknee I prefer to read about the Donald I know in the Duckburg I know, as opposed to Donald-as-superhero or Donald-as-spy. Also, the whole "Donny Duckling" view of Donald's childhood is one that doesn't work for me. In my headcanon, Donald and Della were raised by their parents, who were alive at least until D&D's adolescence, possibly into their early adulthood. Donald may have spent summers on Grandma Duck’s farm while Della was at Chickadees camp or whatever (the Little Booneheads not being organized enough to have their own summer camp), but Elvira did not raise him.
As to Donald being raised by Grandma: Barks never touched on the subject one way or the other. In both Taliaferro's and Barks' stories, she acted as if she were Donald's grandmother, rather than mother. But her relationship was never pinned down. But, in 1958, "This Is Your Life Donald Duck", showed little Donald being raised by Grandma on her farm. They never referred to him growing up in the city. Furthermore, Marco Rota drew the history of Donald's life, showing him hatching from an egg, and being raised on Grandma's farm, also before Rosa ever touched on that subject (IF he ever did). So, IF I were to not make the history up from my own desires, I would have to go along with Disney's line, that Donald was raised by Grandma, on her farm.