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Duck comics are quite popular in Europe too and Carl Barks is honored, but I’d say he is not comparable to Uderzo / Goscinny. You could claim that Don Rosa is comparable though (looking at historical / cultural references, dedication to detail and effort that went into each panel). Can’t recommend „The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck“ enough.

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Europe produced huge amounts of Disney universe comics, which apparently there was not enough market for in USA. This happened in 12+ countries but oddly not UK.

There are 500+ (!) books in the series that have been coming out since 1950s, in A5 pocket format and with 250 comic pages. Most have been written in Italy the translated.

They are so European that I cannot even find an English wikipedia page for them but here's something in Danish: https://comicwiki.dk/wiki/Jumbobog

There are still subcultures around, too. At least on reddit there is /r/LTB_iel which is a spoof of /r/me_irl: https://old.reddit.com/r/LTB_iel/top/

There are a lot of jokes in those that went over my head as a kid.

In German they are called Lustiges Taschenbuch and have been a fixture of most kids' rooms at least since the 80s

"Music Inspired by the Life and Times of Scrooge" is an album by Tuomas Holopainen, which I really enjoyed listening to. And yes, it's related to the comic series. Don Rosa provided the cover artwork for the album.

Tuomas Holopainen the Nightwish person?

The same one!

Having all Don Rosa comic books still in my shelf. Two of them with his autograph. Naturally all in Finnish, him and Barks being almost like national heroes in there.

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