The ultimate book on the occasion of Scrooge McDuck's 70th birthday
A very special portrait of cartoonist genius Don Rosa, who drew and wrote The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck
A must-have for all comics fans!
Lucie International Photography Awards 2017, 3rd Place, category Book/People
Don Rosa is one of the world's most popular cartoonists. For over 20 years he kept up the duck universe of his idol Carl Barks with his stories about Scrooge McDuck, Donald Duck and the Beagle Boys Inc. He is adored for his detailed duck adventures. His biography The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck earned him immortality and an Eisner Award. But who is the man behind the ducks? Don Rosa - I Still Get Chills! has the answers. It is published in honor of Don Rosa's 66th and Scrooge McDuck's 70th birthday.
And what's more, Don Rosa himself lent a hand with this book, commenting on photos and drawings, creating typical Don Rosa quotes and turning it into a unique Don Rosa work.
Text in English and German.
About the Author
Don Rosa is one of the world's most popular cartoonists. For over 20 years he kept up the duck universe of his idol Carl Barks with his stories about Scrooge McDuck, Donald Duck and the Beagle Boys Inc. He is adored for his detailed duck adventures. His biography The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck earned him immortality and an Eisner Award, the world's most prestigious comics prize. Alex Jakubowski was born in Berlin in 1970. He is passionate about collecting and reading comics. For his doctoral thesis he studied election campaign spots on German TV and has worked as a TV journalist in public broadcasting for more than 20 years. After five years as TV correspondent at ARD's capital studio in Berlin, he has returned to freelancing for ARD-aktuell in Frankfurt am Main, producing pieces for news formats like Tagesschau and Tagesthemen and for other programmes. He is also an external lecturer and teaches in adult education. Lois Lammerhuber is a photographer and publisher. His close collaboration with GEO magazine started in 1984, continues to this day and has greatly influenced his approach to photography. His pictures have been published in hundreds of books and magazines and earned him international awards, including three times the Graphis Photo Awards for the world's best photo report of the year. He joined the Art Directors Club New York in 1994. In 1996 he set up Edition Lammerhuber publishing house. In 2014 he received the Republic of Austria's Cross of Honor, First Class, for Science and Art.
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