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'''Keno Don Rosa''' is a big fan of [[Carl Barks]] who eventually got promoted to write the official [[Donald Duck]] stories in the spirit of ''[[Carl Barks|The Good Duck Artist]]''. He is one of those rare few writers who have managed to make an excessive use of [[Continuity Porn]] into great stories, and is widely regarded as one of the best things that ever happened to Disney comics.
Up until his retirement, he had executive power over the Duck family canon, and brought the world some seriously great [[Arc Welding]] in the process.
He grew up as a fan of the Donald Duck comics made by Carl Barks. When he grew older he submitted self drawn comics to Donald Duck fanzines, as well as letters to some debates. He even corresponded with Carl Barks from time to time. Eventually he quit being a hardcore fan, but he never quit being a fan of Carl Barks. Years later a new Donald Duck publication arrived, and Don Rosa applied for the job as an artist. He wrote a letter there he told how much he wanted to be the artist, that he would write the stories in the spirit of Carl Barks and that he was born to make it. (Indeed, in the 1970s and 80s Rosa had done two comics for newspapers in his hometown of Louisville, ''[[The Pertwillaby Papers]]'' and ''The Adventures of Captain Kentucky''. He later [[Recycled Script|reused]] several ''Pertwillaby'' storylines for his Scrooge stories.)
He got the job, and he created Donald Duck and Scrooge McDuck comics from 1987 to 2005. Because he was a great fan of ''[[Carl Barks|The Good Duck Artist]]'', he created what can be considered an [[Expanded Universe]] based on the Duck-master's works. That is to say, he used [[Continuity Porn]], lots of Continuity Porn. Even Carl Barks told him he did too much Continuity Porn, but he didn't listen. He even dedicated all his comics to Carl Barks by hiding the word D.U.C.K. (Dedicated to Uncle Carl from Keno) on the first page of each story.
Rosa is known for his quirky drawing style and epic storylines, best exemplified by ''[[The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck]]'', his personal [[Magnum Opus]]. Since Uncle Scrooge is his favorite character, Rosa's longest and best stories deal with the [[Anti-Hero|complex]] and [[Badass]] elder duck.
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For those who consider Disney comics childish stories for five-year-olds, Rosa's style of making comics may be a surprise. The artist is known for [[Shown Their Work|doing ridiculously extensive research]], basing much of his adventure stories on real historical factlets and making sure all the possible science in his comics is valid. In ''[[The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck|Life and Times]]'', he [[Historical In-Joke|drops famous people from the late 19th and early 20th century to Scrooge's life here and there]], but always makes sure they were around that area around that time.
Another notable feature of Rosa's work is his unveiling of the [[Tangled Family Tree|Duck Family Tree]], based on random [[Remember the New Guy?]] characters from Barks' stories.
As of 2009, due to fading eyesight, and after years of disagreements over low pay and royalties from publishers, Rosa is more or less retired from comics.
Rosa also wrote two ''[[
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* [[Arc Welding]]: ''[[The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck|Life and Times]]'' as a work
* [[Ascended Fanboy]]/[[Running the Asylum]]
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* [[Author Appeal]]: Rosa's love of classic Hollywood movies pops up in quotes and other forms of tribute from time to time.
* [[Badass]]: ''Don't. Fuck. With McDuck.''.
** Sometimes Donald, too, gets this treatment. Most notably, in ''The Magnificent Seven (Minus Four) Caballeros'', Panchito and José Carioca think that Donald is a real [[Badass]] and treat him accordingly. The fact he ends up mentioning some of the various treasure hunts he's been on with Scrooge and his nephews, namely the discovery of [[El Dorado]], [[Atlantis]], the Lost Mines of the Incas, King Solomon's Mines and the Forbidden Valley (a valley in the Amazon rainforest filled with dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals) particularly impresses them. See [http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?num=9&loc=D2004-032&s=date here]{{Dead link}}, [http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?num=20&loc=D2004-032&s=date here]{{Dead link}} and [http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?num=27&loc=D2004-032&s=date here]{{Dead link}}.
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: [http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?num=14&loc=D91071 The last panel of]{{Dead link}} ''The Island at the Edge of Time'' has Scrooge telling the narrator to shut up.
* [[Bungling Inventor]]: Gyro Gearloose.
* [[Celebrity Paradox]]: Some of Don's Hidden Mickeys refer to Mickey's real-life status as a fictional character, while the Ducks are "real" people. Take into account that Donald started off as Mickey's co-star in the cartoons, and you see how this fits.
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* [[Cool Old Guy]]: Scrooge, all the way.
* [[Creator Insignia]]: "D.U.C.K."
* [[Creepy Twins]]: Phishkisser brothers, the owners of "Oolated Squigs" fish company, whose ''heads'' are fish-shaped, with big lips, dog-ears resembling pelvic fins, and [[Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow|remains of hair]] resembling dorsal and tail fins.
* [[Dan Browned]]: Although Rosa did research for his works, there are instances where he gets his facts wrong. He falls into this because he is proudly declaring that he was doing research for any real facts and that all references to the real world and events were true.
** You could consider this subverted, since not only Rosa's mistakes happen once in a blue moon, but when he realizes he made one (or is told about it by fans), he instantly recognizes it. The guy's human, even if he worked with ducks all the time.
** He also isn't shy to admit that if reality and his artistic vision clash, he'll go with the latter for the sake of the [[Rule of Cool]]. His stories are often published alongside with his commentaries, where he explains how certain details are wrong, and why he decided to leave them that way.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Scrooge. Donald and the nephews have their moments as well.
* [[Death Trap]]: In "Treasure of the Ten Avatars", Scrooge and Donald have to get out of [[Death Course|an entire series of these]]. Among other things there's a [[Descending Ceiling]] and [[Fake Platform]] with [[Spikes of Doom]], [[The Walls Are Closing In]], [[Fed to
* [[Dramatic Thunder]]
* [[Durable Deathtrap]]
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* [[Funny Background Event]]: In the spirit of Barks.
* [[Funny Foreigner]]: Arpin Lusene, together with [[Funetik Aksent]].
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'''Donald''': "Thif"?
'''Arpin Lusene''': Not "thif", you iddy-ott! '''Thif!''' }}
* [[Gentleman Thief]]: Arpin Lusene (an [[expy]] of [[Arsène Lupin]])
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Especially "What did Scrooge and Goldie did [https://web.archive.org/web/20100815112058/http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?num=31&loc=D2005-061&s=date in that shack] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110811040048/http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?num=32&loc=D2005-061&s=date that one night?]", found in his own commentary.
* [[Great Big Book of Everything]] The Junior Woodchucks' Guidebook. This is [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] ''and'' [[Justified Trope|explained]].
* [[Green Aesop]]: "War Of The Wendigo"
* [[Have a Gay Old Time]]: In the first ''[[The Three Caballeros]]'' comic Rosa did, he changed the lyrics of the eponymous song to remove the verse "the three gay caballeros". In the second one, the line is [http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?num=34&loc=D2004-032&s=date intact]{{Dead link}}. You could almost swear there's a guy giving them a knowing gaze as they sing it that time...
* [[Historical Domain Character]]: Sir Francis ''Drake''
* [[Historical In-Joke]]
* [[Homage]]: The two stories with [[The Three Caballeros]]. Complete with them [https://web.archive.org/web/20100815200026/http://disneycomics.free.fr/Ducks/Rosa/show.php?num=13&loc=D2000-002 performing the theme song].
* [[Impossible Thief]]: Arpin Lusene
* [[Jail Bake]]: The Beagle Boys visit their grandfather in prison, to celebrate the birthday of their gang. They bring a huge elaborate cake, of which not much was left after the security removed all sort of tools hidden inside. Including a flamethrower.
* [[Leaning
* [[Mega Microbes]]: In "The Incredible Shrinking Tightwad", Scrooge and Donald are eventually shrunk down to microscopic size due to the effects of a malfunctioning shrinking ray, and are menaced by a horde of microbes.
* [[Money Fetish]]: Scrooge swims in it.
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* [[Self-Made Man]]: Scrooge. The point being that the "making" was more important to him than "getting made" in the first place.
* [[Shaggy Dog Story]]: Scrooge, as he is unable to become a Junior Woodchuck and legally get his hands on a copy of their famous guidebook, goes hunting for the remains of the Library of Alexandria in an attempt to obtain something that can rival it in knowledge. {{spoiler|That Junior Woodchuck guidebook? Yeah, it's what the contents of the Library eventually got turned into... After chasing the library the world over, his goal ends up being the only book in the world he ''can't'' obtain}}.
* [[Shout
** The D.U.C.K. dedication, as described above, also counts.
** ''[[Monty Python and
** ''[[
** '''José Carioca''': [[The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
** From the same comic, '''Gold Hat''': [[Blazing Saddles|"Bandages? I ain't got no bandages... I don't need no stinkin' bandages!"]]
* [[Shown Their Work]]: Probably the king of this trope.
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* [[Stock Scream]]: [[Mythology Gag|Goofy Holler]] is used when Donald [[It Makes Sense in Context|falls horizontally along the street and crashes to a wall]] in "A Matter Of Some Gravity".
* [[This Is Reality]]
* [[Throw the Dog
* [[Time Stands Still]]: ''On Stolen Time''; played with in ''Super Snooper Strikes Back''.
* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]: Twice in ''A Matter Of Some Gravity''.
* [[Villain Team-Up]]: ''A Little Something Special''
* [[Wonderful Life]]: ''The Duck Who Never Was'' does this to Donald. [[Tear Jerker|It works]].
* [[What Happened to
* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Scrooge and Arpin Lusene.
* [[Older Hero vs. Younger Villain]]: Scrooge to several members of his [[Rogues Gallery]].
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