Egg wrote:WHY does Rosa's name on a story guarantee multiple sales of said story?
Doctor Witchie Britchie wrote:Because he's (unfortunately) the most popular Duck artist alive. His fans--in the U. S. of A., Norway, and Finland in particular--seem to as numerous as sands on a beach. To them he can do no wrong. That's why I'm wondering if the tastlesness of this story will actually disenchant those Rosa-worshippers or if they'll still keep on singing his praises.
Has someone (except Don Rosa himself) really counted those many fans being "as numerous as sands on a beach"? So far I can only recall Don Rosa himself bragging on DCML, how popular he is supposed to be.
Are all those "fans" really aware that they're counted as Don Rosa fan? When going the a convention, people mostly have to deal with the guest artists the editor has chosen for the event. In that way, Dutch artists like Daan Jippes, Mau Heymans, Bas Heymans can also claim that they have many, MANY people waiting a long time for a drawing and an autograph. People think "Hey! A Disney artist!" and want to have a duck or a mouse to show off at home.
Don Rosa has said that in the USA there isn't much Disney comics fandom in contrary to Europe. Maybe Don Rosa overestimates himself and thinks that the European people are waiting for him to come, while almost all of the people would have come to the event anyway. With or without a guy named Don Rosa.
In Europe, the ducks and mice characters are well known. Disney creators themselves, however, are only known for freaks and for people who get the credits presented in their comics.
For example, Barks's work is famous in The Netherlands. Barks himself, on the contrary, is almost anonymous. (Despite being credited in the album series.)
On the Dutch forum someone joked by writing a Rosaïsh report about an event. Which showed how easy it is to lóók famous.
A writer could claim that there were thousands of people attending. Thousands of people! But were those people aware that some editor bombed someone a special guest? At comic book events I often hear about special guests, whoever they are.
And where are those fans on internet? Maybe Don Rosa benefited from the rise of internet? Rosa was one of the few that could be easily reached. Nowadays I get the feeling that fans care little about internet or Rosa or whatever other artist. Only the freaks remain, as always.
Look at COA, where only 7 votes have been given to Rosa's new story so far. Where are all those thousands of fans? In Rosa's cellar?