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In 2011, I made the drawing “Thanks for all adventures” as a tribute to Don Rosa. I have for a long time wanted to make an overview of all the references in that drawing. For that reason I have made this collage with my drawing surrounded by images taken from the different Rosa stories my tribute refers to.

For all the images except one, I have chosen the printing from The Don Rosa Library that started being published by Fantagraphics in 2014.

When I have drawn and colored the tribute drawing I have looked at the Swedish and/or the American printing. The reason you see a lot of differences in the coloring between my drawing and the images around is that much of the coloring was corrected for The Don Rosa Library.

“Thanks for all adventures” is the one of my tribute drawings that has been published the most times. It can be found in these Donaldist fanzines: Der Donaldist No. 141 (2011), DDF(R)appet No. 19 (2012) and Ankkalinnan Pamaus No. 26 (2012).

It has also been published in these French Disney publications:
Les trésors de Picsou No. 29 (2014), Super Picsou Géant Hors-série Collector 1 - Tout Picsou de A à Z (2017), Balthazar Picsou – L’Encyclopédie 1 (2017), Les trésors de Picsou No. 43 (2018) and Picsou Magazine No. 548 (2020).

It’s only for Picsou Magazine that someone has asked for permission to print my drawing in a Disney licensed publication, the other French publications were discovered by coincidence. The good thing is that I have always been credited as the artist.

When the drawing was published in Picsou Magazine No. 548, it was part of a presentation of me as a fan artist. Under the drawing, a list of the references and in which French publications they can be found, was added. Now I’ve made my own overview.

References to Rosa stories in my drawing:

1. Photo of the glass dome over the sunken ship in “Treasure under Glass”.

2. The anti-inertia and anti-friction rayguns from “Cash Flow”.

3. Photo of the hadrosaur baby that was brought to the McDuck zoo in “Escape from Forbidden Valley”.

4. A photo of Scrooge’s parents – Downy O’Drake and Fergus McDuck – as they look in the last panel of “A Letter from Home” or as it’s also known, “The Old Castle’s Other Secret”.

5. The wooden box the crown of the crusader kings was found in. From “The Crown of the Crusader Kings”.

6. The painting Scrooge receives from Arpin Lusene at the end of “The Black Knight Glorps Again!” The image in the overview is from a Swedish Hall of Fame book. For the Gemstone publishing in 2006, the paintings were exchanged to Rosa’s original idea – that they are facsimiles of some of the paintings Barks did after he retired from his days as a comic artist. When I made my tribute drawing in 2011, I had not seen these changes to the comic. That’s why you see the first version in my drawing.

7. McDuck Tower from “Incident at McDuck Tower”. I have for some unknown reason written an ”$” instead of the ”McD” that can be seen on the tower in the American printing. I guess I looked at the Swedish printing when I drew the tower. Since it there says ”JvA” just as on the money bin in Swedish publications, I must have assumed that there was an ”$” on the American version of the tower. A reminder that you always should double check things like this.

8. “Capitulacion de Eldorado” – The contract between Federmann, Quesada and Belalcázar from “The Last Lord of Eldorado”. The frame is seen in “The Black Knight”. Even though the frame was destroyed in the beginning of that story, maybe there is a possibility that Scrooge got hold of an identical frame in the end.

9. The medallion of Nostrildamus from “The Curse of Nostrildamus”. A replica since the original medallion was brought back to its original place on the bust.

10. The armor of the Black Knight, covered in Omnisolve™. The armor of the Black Knight is from “The Black Knight”, Omnisolve™ was introduced in “The Universal Solvent”.

11. The golden disk with the map to the temple of Manco Capac. From “The Son of the Sun”. Did Scrooge get hold of it again without us seeing it or is this a replica? Something tells me there is a chance that Scrooge got hold of this disk right after the sunburst disk started rolling away.

12. Sir Francis Drake’s plaque from “His Majesty McDuck”.

13. Special glue from “The Dutchman’s Secret”.

14. The shoeshine kit from “The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck”. First seen in “The Last of the Clan McDuck”. Rosa has drawn the shoeshine kit a little bit different over the years. The shoeshine kit in this drawing is based on the one in “The Quest for Kalevala”. When I gave a print of the drawing to Rosa during a dinner with Swedish Donaldists in 2011, he carefully studied the picture before noticing he had spotted an error. I had not written the “N” in PENCE on Scrooge’s shoeshine box laterally reversed as he use to do. I promised him to make it right next time.

15. Empty bookbinding from “Guardians of the Lost Library”.

16. Theodore Roosevelt’s teddy bear – the first one ever made. From “The Sharpie of Culebra Cut”.

17. Sampo’s handle from “The Quest for Kalevala”.

18. Extraterrestial hyperdrive box from “Attack of the Hideous Space-Varmints”.

19. Super-pure diamonds from within the earth from “The Universal Solvent”.

20. The crown Scrooge makes in “His Majesty, McDuck” when he proclaimes the land of Killmotor Hill as a sovereign nation.

21. The crocodile skin purse with the mark of Sebek from “The Crocodile Collector”.

22. Scrooge’s memento trunk from “The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck” series. First seen in “The Billionaire of Dismal Downs” (Lo$ part 9). The picture in my overview is from “The Sharpie of the Culebra Cut”. In the trunk I have drawn you can see Scrooge’s old coonskin cap, his cowboy hat, his boomerang, his pickaxe and also a glimpse of one of the scrapbooks Matilda McDuck put together.

23. The helmet Scrooge wore while he slept in “The Dream of a Lifetime!”.

24. The amulet Magica de Spell made from the first coin Croesus ever made. I imagine that Scrooge took the amulet before leaving Magica’s sorcery shop at the end of “The Treasury of Croesus”.

25. Gyro Gearloose’s stopwatch that can stop time. The watch was broken at the end of “On Stolen Time”.

26. Coins from Lydia. From “The Treasury of Croesus”.

27. A lock of hair from Glittering Goldie, first seen in “His Majesty, McDuck”. The image in the overview is from “The Prisoner of White Agony Creek” where we find out that Goldie’s lock is Scrooge’s most cherished possession.

28. The holy grail from “A Letter from Home”. Now glued together as Donald accidentally broke it at the end of the story.

More information than you ever asked for, but there you have it.

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Description
In 2011, I made the drawing “Thanks for all adventures” as a tribute to Don Rosa. I have for a long time wanted to make an overview of all the references in that drawing. For that reason I have made this collage with my drawing surrounded by images taken from the different Rosa stories my tribute refers to.

For all the images except one, I have chosen the printing from The Don Rosa Library that started being published by Fantagraphics in 2014.

When I have drawn and colored the tribute drawing I have looked at the Swedish and/or the American printing. The reason you see a lot of differences in the coloring between my drawing and the images around is that much of the coloring was corrected for The Don Rosa Library.

“Thanks for all adventures” is the one of my tribute drawings that has been published the most times. It can be found in these Donaldist fanzines: Der Donaldist No. 141 (2011), DDF(R)appet No. 19 (2012) and Ankkalinnan Pamaus No. 26 (2012).

It has also been published in these French Disney publications:
Les trésors de Picsou No. 29 (2014), Super Picsou Géant Hors-série Collector 1 - Tout Picsou de A à Z (2017), Balthazar Picsou – L’Encyclopédie 1 (2017), Les trésors de Picsou No. 43 (2018) and Picsou Magazine No. 548 (2020).

It’s only for Picsou Magazine that someone has asked for permission to print my drawing in a Disney licensed publication, the other French publications were discovered by coincidence. The good thing is that I have always been credited as the artist.

When the drawing was published in Picsou Magazine No. 548, it was part of a presentation of me as a fan artist. Under the drawing, a list of the references and in which French publications they can be found, was added. Now I’ve made my own overview.

References to Rosa stories in my drawing:

1. Photo of the glass dome over the sunken ship in “Treasure under Glass”.

2. The anti-inertia and anti-friction rayguns from “Cash Flow”.

3. Photo of the hadrosaur baby that was brought to the McDuck zoo in “Escape from Forbidden Valley”.

4. A photo of Scrooge’s parents – Downy O’Drake and Fergus McDuck – as they look in the last panel of “A Letter from Home” or as it’s also known, “The Old Castle’s Other Secret”.

5. The wooden box the crown of the crusader kings was found in. From “The Crown of the Crusader Kings”.

6. The painting Scrooge receives from Arpin Lusene at the end of “The Black Knight Glorps Again!” The image in the overview is from a Swedish Hall of Fame book. For the Gemstone publishing in 2006, the paintings were exchanged to Rosa’s original idea – that they are facsimiles of some of the paintings Barks did after he retired from his days as a comic artist. When I made my tribute drawing in 2011, I had not seen these changes to the comic. That’s why you see the first version in my drawing.

7. McDuck Tower from “Incident at McDuck Tower”. I have for some unknown reason written an ”$” instead of the ”McD” that can be seen on the tower in the American printing. I guess I looked at the Swedish printing when I drew the tower. Since it there says ”JvA” just as on the money bin in Swedish publications, I must have assumed that there was an ”$” on the American version of the tower. A reminder that you always should double check things like this.

8. “Capitulacion de Eldorado” – The contract between Federmann, Quesada and Belalcázar from “The Last Lord of Eldorado”. The frame is seen in “The Black Knight”. Even though the frame was destroyed in the beginning of that story, maybe there is a possibility that Scrooge got hold of an identical frame in the end.

9. The medallion of Nostrildamus from “The Curse of Nostrildamus”. A replica since the original medallion was brought back to its original place on the bust.

10. The armor of the Black Knight, covered in Omnisolve™. The armor of the Black Knight is from “The Black Knight”, Omnisolve™ was introduced in “The Universal Solvent”.

11. The golden disk with the map to the temple of Manco Capac. From “The Son of the Sun”. Did Scrooge get hold of it again without us seeing it or is this a replica? Something tells me there is a chance that Scrooge got hold of this disk right after the sunburst disk started rolling away.

12. Sir Francis Drake’s plaque from “His Majesty McDuck”.

13. Special glue from “The Dutchman’s Secret”.

14. The shoeshine kit from “The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck”. First seen in “The Last of the Clan McDuck”. Rosa has drawn the shoeshine kit a little bit different over the years. The shoeshine kit in this drawing is based on the one in “The Quest for Kalevala”. When I gave a print of the drawing to Rosa during a dinner with Swedish Donaldists in 2011, he carefully studied the picture before noticing he had spotted an error. I had not written the “N” in PENCE on Scrooge’s shoeshine box laterally reversed as he use to do. I promised him to make it right next time.

15. Empty bookbinding from “Guardians of the Lost Library”.

16. Theodore Roosevelt’s teddy bear – the first one ever made. From “The Sharpie of Culebra Cut”.

17. Sampo’s handle from “The Quest for Kalevala”.

18. Extraterrestial hyperdrive box from “Attack of the Hideous Space-Varmints”.

19. Super-pure diamonds from within the earth from “The Universal Solvent”.

20. The crown Scrooge makes in “His Majesty, McDuck” when he proclaimes the land of Killmotor Hill as a sovereign nation.

21. The crocodile skin purse with the mark of Sebek from “The Crocodile Collector”.

22. Scrooge’s memento trunk from “The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck” series. First seen in “The Billionaire of Dismal Downs” (Lo$ part 9). The picture in my overview is from “The Sharpie of the Culebra Cut”. In the trunk I have drawn you can see Scrooge’s old coonskin cap, his cowboy hat, his boomerang, his pickaxe and also a glimpse of one of the scrapbooks Matilda McDuck put together.

23. The helmet Scrooge wore while he slept in “The Dream of a Lifetime!”.

24. The amulet Magica de Spell made from the first coin Croesus ever made. I imagine that Scrooge took the amulet before leaving Magica’s sorcery shop at the end of “The Treasury of Croesus”.

25. Gyro Gearloose’s stopwatch that can stop time. The watch was broken at the end of “On Stolen Time”.

26. Coins from Lydia. From “The Treasury of Croesus”.

27. A lock of hair from Glittering Goldie, first seen in “His Majesty, McDuck”. The image in the overview is from “The Prisoner of White Agony Creek” where we find out that Goldie’s lock is Scrooge’s most cherished possession.

28. The holy grail from “A Letter from Home”. Now glued together as Donald accidentally broke it at the end of the story.

More information than you ever asked for, but there you have it.

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