Three interesting scenes from Don Rosa's "A Little Something Special"

The title story of Fantagraphics' new collection Uncle Scrooge: "A Little Something Special" and Other Tales of Fiendish Foes is by Don Rosa and was created in 1997 to mark the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Carl Barks' creation of Scrooge McDuck. It's an all-around great story, a celebration and summation of Uncle Scrooge comics, containing the character's family, friends and foes, as well as references to his biography and the history of Duckburg. Is it the ultimate Uncle Scrooge story? Perhaps.Thes reason it is one of the 15 stories collected in this particular book is, of course, because it contains an alliance of Scrooge's greatest villains. Though I think Rosa's "A Matter of Some Gravity", a Magica De Spell story, is probably the most inventive and technically interesting of his work in this collection, there are some really great bits of storytelling and cartooning in "A Little Something Special," which I wanted to take a moment to point out here on the blog.(You can read…