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| "The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck" | |||
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 Cover of the collected edition published by Gemstone Publishing in 2005. | |||
| Publisher | Kickoff: Egmont Publishing - Start U.s.a.: Gladstone Publishing | ||
| Publication engagement | First: 1992-1994 (Egmont) - Starting time U.s.: 1994-1996 (Gladstone Publishing) | ||
| Genre | Gamble Anthropomorphic animals | ||
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| Main character(s) | Scrooge McDuck | ||
| Artistic squad | |||
| Writer(s) | Don Rosa | ||
| Artist(due south) | Don Rosa | ||
| Letterer(s) | Todd Klein (US edition) | ||
The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck ( Lo$ )[1] is a serial of 12 comic book stories written and fatigued by Don Rosa, lettered by Todd Klein (American editions),[ii] first published by the Danish publisher Egmont in the magazine Anders And & Co. from 1992–94 and afterward in English in Uncle Scrooge #285 through #296 (1994–96). The stories relate the in-universe biography of Scrooge McDuck before his introduction in 1947. The stories were later nerveless and published together in a single volume. Rosa later published additional stories which expanded on Scrooge's biography. These were released as The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Companion.
The story follows the main events of Scrooge'due south life betwixt 1877 and 1947, including nearly all references found in Carl Barks stories nigh Scrooge'southward life until 1947 but leaving some room for Rosa and other creators to add more details after. The comic as well provides data on the backgrounds and origins of many characters related to Scrooge.
Don Rosa earned the Will Eisner Award for Best Serialized Story in 1995 for this work.[3] The trade paperback collection was also a pinnacle vote-getter for the Comics Buyer'southward Guide Fan Award for Favorite Reprint Graphic Novel/Album for 1997. After being out of print for several years with high demand, the volume was reprinted under the Boom! Studios label in ii deluxe hardcover volumes.
The Finnish composer Tuomas Holopainen released a concept album based on the book, titled Music Inspired by the Life and Times of Scrooge. Don Rosa illustrated the cover artwork for the album.[iv]
Chapter listing [edit]
Note: Chapters Zero, and all "in-between" chapters with B or C added to the numbers are non included in the softcover drove in N America. These chapters were later reprinted in a split up book published by Gemstone, titled The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Companion.
The 12 original capacity [edit]
| Part # | Affiliate Title | Pages | Story code | First publication in U.s.a. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| i | The Last of the Clan McDuck | 15 | D 91308 at Inducks | Uncle Scrooge #285 | |
| 1877-1880 | Every bit a kid, Scrooge comes in conflict with the Whiskervilles, earns his Number Ane Dime and heads for the Usa on a cattle gunkhole. | ||||
| 2 | The Master of the Mississippi | 28 | D 91411 at Inducks | Uncle Scrooge #286 | |
| 1880-1882 | The story takes place between 1880 and 1882. Scrooge works for his Uncle Angus "Pothole" McDuck and has his first see with Blackheart Beagle and his sons, the Beagle Boys. | ||||
| iii | The Buckaroo of the Badlands | fifteen | D 92008 at Inducks | Uncle Scrooge #287 | |
| 1882-1883 | Scrooge becomes a cowboy and winds upwards having to recover a prize bull for his dominate Murdo MacKenzie, and then meeting future President Theodore Roosevelt while doing and then. | ||||
| 4 | Raider of the Copper Hill | 15 | D 92083 at Inducks | Uncle Scrooge #288 | |
| 1883-1885 | Scrooge takes some prospecting lessons from Howard Rockerduck and almost takes over the Anaconda Copper Mine of Butte, Montana from Marcus Daly. | ||||
| 5 | The New Laird of Castle McDuck | 15 | D 92191 at Inducks | Uncle Scrooge #289 | |
| 1885 | The story takes identify in 1885. Scrooge returns to Scotland to save Castle McDuck from being bought past the Whiskervilles. | ||||
| 6 | The Terror of the Transvaal | 12 | D 92273 at Inducks | Uncle Scrooge #290 | |
| 1886-1889 | Scrooge goes to the S African Republic, where he first encounters Flintheart Glomgold. | ||||
| seven | Dreamtime Duck of the Never-Never | fifteen | D 92314 at Inducks | Uncle Scrooge #291 | |
| 1893-1896 | Scrooge goes to Australia and learns about the Dreamtime. | ||||
| 8 | King of the Klondike | 24 | D 92514 at Inducks | Uncle Scrooge #292 | |
| 1896-1897 | Scrooge finally goes to The Yukon, participating in the Klondike Gilt Rush, and strikes some gold, only not before being kidnapped by kleptomaniacal gambler Soapy Slick. | ||||
| 9 | The Billionaire of Dismal Downs | 15 | D 93121 at Inducks | Uncle Scrooge #293 | |
| 1898-1902 | Afterward condign a billionaire, Scrooge goes back to Scotland but to realize that he doesn't really vest there anymore, and so returns to the United states, accompanied by his sisters Matilda and Hortense. | ||||
| 10 | The Invader of Fort Duckburg | fifteen | D 93227 at Inducks | Uncle Scrooge #294 | |
| 1902 | Scrooge and his sisters move to Duckburg, Calisota, U.s. and encounter the Duck family and the founding three members of The Junior Woodchucks. Scrooge has his offset run in with the Beagle Boys since his riverboat days and is reacquainted with President Theodore Roosevelt. | ||||
| eleven | The Empire-Architect from Calisota | 24 | D 93288 at Inducks | Uncle Scrooge #295 | |
| 1909-1930 | Scrooge goes effectually the world building his financial empire, notably including forcing the Voodoo tribe of magician Foola Zoola off their land. In revenge, the wizard curses him to exist constantly haunted by Bombie the Zombie. He returns to Duckburg and offset meets his ten-yr-onetime nephew and niece, twins Donald and Della Duck. On the same day, he loses contact with his family and becomes the richest duck in the earth. | ||||
| 12 | The Richest Duck in the World | sixteen | D 93488 at Inducks | Uncle Scrooge #296 | |
| 1947 | The story takes identify in 1947 on Christmas Day. Later 17 years of having lost contact with his family, Scrooge invites Donald and his grandnephews to Christmas dinner. He introduces them to his old Coin Bin, and the new generation of Beagle Boys likewise innovate themselves. | ||||
The boosted "in-betwixt" stories [edit]
| Part # | Affiliate Title | Pages | Story code | First publication in United States | |
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| 0 | Of Ducks, Dimes and Destinies | fifteen | D 91249 at Inducks | Uncle Scrooge #297 | |
| 1877 | Magica De Spell travels back in fourth dimension to steal Scrooge's Number One Dime before he earns it. | ||||
| 3B | The Cowboy Captain of the Cutty Sark | 24 | D 98045 at Inducks | Uncle Scrooge #318 | |
| 1883 | Scrooge imports cattle to the Dutch East Indies (nowadays Indonesia) aboard the Cutty Sark only encounters a thief and meets his quondam friend Ratchet Gearloose from his Riverboat days, who helps the Cutty Sark survive the eruption of Krakatoa. | ||||
| 6B | The Vigilante of Pizen Bluff | 24 | D 96089 at Inducks | Uncle Scrooge #306 | |
| 1890 | Scrooge returns to the United States and joins with Phineas Taylor Barnum, his Uncle Pothole, Geronimo, Buffalo Bill, and Annie Oakley on a mission to recover stolen money from the Dalton Gang. | ||||
| 8B | The Prisoner of White Agony Creek | 33 | D 2005-061 at Inducks | The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Companion | |
| 1897 | Scrooge takes Goldie O'Gilt to his property and makes her dig for gilded. This was shown in the uncensored Barks-classic "Dorsum to the Klondike". | ||||
| 8C | Hearts of the Yukon | 24 | D 95044 at Inducks | Walt Disney Giant #one | |
| 1898 | Scrooge is falsely accused to the Mounties of tracking mud in Dawson. He plans to clear his name by whatsoever means and thinks that Glittering Goldie O'Gold is the one that framed him. | ||||
| 10B | The Sharpie of the Culebra Cut | 26 | F PM 01201 at Inducks | Uncle Scrooge #332 | |
| 1906 | Scrooge and his sisters, Matilda and Hortense McDuck, are prospecting for gold in Panama. Their search inadvertently interferes with the construction of the Panama Culvert, at the same time President Roosevelt is visiting the land to oversee the project. | ||||
Scrooge McDuck timeline co-ordinate to Rosa [edit]
- 1867: Scrooge was built-in in Glasgow, Scotland to Fergus McDuck and Downy O'Drake. He would take two younger sisters, namely Matilda McDuck (built-in in 1871) and Hortense McDuck (born in 1876).
- 1877: Scrooge, age x, goes into business organization with a shoeshine kit that Fergus built for him, but his first client fools him and pays him with an American dime (which was actually a plan of his father'southward). He keeps the dime he cannot spend equally his symbol of success.
- 1880: Scrooge, age 13, emigrates to the United states of america. He offset meets his uncle, Mississippi riverboater Angus "Pothole" McDuck, and the Beagle Boys, a family unit of outlaws that remain his enemies for the remainder of his life.
- 1882: His uncle retires and leaves his riverboat, named Dilly Dollar, to Scrooge, at present xv years old. The Beagle Boys destroy the riverboat in an act of revenge. Scrooge decides to try his luck in the American Due west and later on in the yr gets hired as a cowboy past cattle baron Murdo MacKenzie (an actual historical figure, one of the many that Scrooge met).
- 1883: Scrooge, historic period 16, becomes a miner searching for silver and copper.
- 1885: Scrooge's father calls his son back to Scotland on an important family matter. Only a week before he leaves he meets and befriends the millionaire Howard Rockerduck, who had become rich in the California gold rush of 1849. He also meets Howard'south seven-year-former spoiled son John D. Rockerduck, who will grow upward to become i of Scrooge's principal rivals.
- 1886–1889: Scrooge, age xix–22, searches for gold in South Africa (during the Witwatersrand Gold Rush). During his first twelvemonth there he saves the life of a duck near his age named Flintheart Glomgold, though Scrooge learns his name more than half a century later. A little later they become bitter enemies, and remain as such for the rest of their lives. Glomgold later became the second richest duck in the world.
- 1889–1893: Scrooge, age 22–26, returns to the United States to search for gold, most notably near Pizen Bluff, Arizona. He meets many famous historical figures only his search fails.
- 1893–1896: Scrooge, age 26–29, goes to Coolgardie, Western Australia to search for gold only his search again fails.
- 1896–1899: Scrooge, historic period 29–32, searches for gilt in the Klondike. During his years there he meets the saloon owner, vocalist and occasional thief "Glittering" Goldie O'Gilt. He carries a beloved/hate relationship with her for the rest of his life. His search for gold succeeds.
- 1897: Scrooge's mother Featherlike O'Drake dies, aged 57, in Dismal Downs. Scrooge is now 30.
- 1899–1902: Scrooge, at 32, becomes a millionaire and buys a banking company in Whitehorse, Yukon. He starts building a pocket-size financial empire; by 1902, at 35, he has become a billionaire.
- 1902: Scrooge, age 35, returns to Scotland intending to brand Castle McDuck at Dismal Downs the heart of his empire, but he soon finds local culture too stagnant and decides to return to America. His sisters Matilda McDuck and Hortense McDuck go to America with him. As well in 1902, Scrooge'south father Fergus McDuck dies, aged 67, in Dismal Downs. Scrooge, Matilda and Hortense are the last of the McDuck clan. Scrooge settles in the small village of Duckburg, Calisota, United States, which he chose equally his home base.
- 1909–1930: While his sisters remain in Duckburg and run his empire, Scrooge, historic period 42–63, travels the earth expanding his empire in every continent.
- 1930: Scrooge, at 63, becomes the richest duck in the earth, but a fight with his family leaves him with no contact with them for the next seventeen years. Note that during this year he met his x-yr-onetime nephew Donald Duck and his nephew's twin sister Della Duck for the starting time time. (It was possibly the only fourth dimension Scrooge met his niece Della, ignoring the girl completely.)
- 1942: Scrooge, age 75, feels depressed and tired and decides to retire.
- 1947: Scrooge, historic period 80, meets his nephew Donald Duck, now age 27, too equally his grandnephews, Della'due south children, Huey, Dewey, and Louie Duck, who are nether Donald's intendance. He decides to become agile once again and shortly a circle of activities whirl around him as he attracts the attention of relatives, old and new enemies and friends.
- 1955: Scrooge, historic period 88, is reunited and reconciled with his sister Matilda, thanks to Donald (In the story "A Letter From Home").
- 1967: Co-ordinate to Don Rosa's unofficial timeline, Scrooge McDuck died at the historic period of 100 years after a life of adventure.[5] [6]
Historical figures actualization in the piece of work [edit]
Several notable historical figures appear in the serial:
Other notable historical figures mentioned include:
- Manuel Amador Guerrero
- Philippe Bunau-Varilla
- "Gentleman Jim" Corbett
- Sitting Bull
- John Philip Sousa
Nerveless editions [edit]
| Publication date | Title | Publisher | Format | Number of volumes | Included content | Reproduction | ISBN | INDUCKS link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck | Gladstone Publishing | Deluxe hardcover album 8.75 × xi.25 inches | 1 | Chapter ane - 12 | Color | [1] | |
| July 2005 - September 2006 | The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck [7] [8] | Gemstone Publishing | Softcover 6.v × 10.1 inches | 2 | Vol .1 - Affiliate ane - 12 Vol. two - Companion chapters | Color | Vol. 1 0-911903-96-8 Vol. two 1-888472-forty-5 | Vol. i Vol. 2 |
| March 2010 - December 2010 | The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck [9] [ten] | Blast! Studios | Hardcover seven × 10.5 inches | 3 | Vol. 1 - Chapter 1 - 6 Vol. ii - Chapter 7 - 12 Vol. 3 - Companion chapters | Color | Vol. 1 978-1-60886-538-3 Vol. two 978-1-60886-542-0 Vol. 3 978-1-60886-653-three | Vol. one Vol. 2 Vol. 3 |
| June 24, 2015[11] | The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Artist's Edition [12] | IDW Publishing | Hardcover 14 × 22 inches | one | Vol. 1 - Chapter one - half dozen | Total color scans of original Black-and-white artwork | Vol. ane 978-1-63140-301-9 | Vol. 1 |
| April 9, 2019 - October 29, 2019 | The Consummate Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck [13] [14] | Fantagraphics Books | Hardcover eight.5 × eleven inches | 2 | Vol. 1 - Chapter 1 - 12 Vol. ii - Companion chapters | Colour | Vol. 1 978-1-68396-174-1 Vol. 2 978-1-68396-253-3 Set (Vol. one+2) 978-ane-68396-254-0 | Vol. 1 Vol. two |
| November sixteen, 2021 | The Consummate Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Deluxe Edition | Fantagraphics | Hardcover (with slipcase) 10.75 x 14.5 inches | 1 | Chapter 1 - 12 + Companion chapters+ Last Sled to Dawson, The Dream of a Lifetime, Of Ducks and Dimes and Destinies, A Alphabetic character From Dwelling house | Color | 978-ane-68396-465-0 | TBA |
References [edit]
- ^ The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck (Lo$, 12-function series) – STP
- ^ Todd Klein 'Don Rosa and Uncle Scrooge', Retrieved 2019-06-04.
- ^ "Eisner Awards: By Recipients: 1990s". Comic-Con. two December 2012. Retrieved 2020-08-10 .
- ^ "Lords of Metallic interview with Tuomas Holopainen". lordsofmetal.nl . Retrieved 5 Nov 2013.
- ^ Don Rosa's drawing of Scrooge's grave at the INDUCKS
- ^ Don Rosa'south unofficial listing of birth and decease dates of the Ducks, Coots and McDucks
- ^ The Comics Journal review: The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, Retrieved 2019-07-09.
- ^ Chapman reviews The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Retrieved 2019-06-03
- ^ CBR Comic Book Previews - The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Companion, Retrieved 2019-06-03.
- ^ Publishers Weekly, fiction book Review: The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, Vol. 1, Retrieved 2019-06-03.
- ^ "Don Rosa's the Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Creative person's Edition, Volume I | Artist'southward Edition Index".
- ^ Artist'southward Edition Index review: Don Rosa's The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Creative person'southward Edition, Volume Ane, Retrieved 2019-06-03.
- ^ You Don't Read Comics review The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Volume 1, Retrieved 2019-06-03.
- ^ The Comics Journal review: The Complete Life and Times of $crooge McDuck, Retrieved 2019-07-09.
External links [edit]
- The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck at the INDUCKS
- The Making of The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck
The Life and Time of Scrooge Mcduck Read Online
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_and_Times_of_Scrooge_McDuck