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Well, I know Bill is taking more time off from Disney comics now than he used to do a few years ago to attend to his own projects (e.g., painting). But I certainly hope he won't retire for good in the near future.
By the way, Egmont is still sitting around on five of his duck stories which haven't been published anywhere so far.

Walt Disney?s Comics 700 with the Van Horn story ?Close-Ups? (D2007-075, 8 pages) is available now.
BOOM! presents the comic with Bill?s original lettering and the Egmont coloring. Very pleasant!
Egmont has cleared Bill?s story ?The Stick-Up? (D2008-308, 8 pages) for publication now. Rumpus, who has to watch over Scrooge?s money bin, is bored stiff ?
This is the first story with Rumpus McFowl in the leading role. The translation into German will be done by Gerd Syllwasschy.

Yeah, I thought it's a bit weird, too, when I first heard about it. But the story works fine.

Quote from user: Roger NorthI think it's weird that Rumpus has the lead role in a story. He is not as well as some other members of the Duck Family. As far as I know William Van Horn is the only artist to use him in his stories.
You´re right, Roger.
William Van Horn is the only artist who use Rumpus.

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Quote from user: Gerd SyllwasschyNot sure if he would like the idea. He doesn't even own a PC. :)
Luddite? :) It certainly keeps the distractions away!

Quote from user: Roger NorthI think it's weird that Rumpus has the lead role in a story. He is not as well as some other members of the Duck Family. As far as I know William Van Horn is the only artist to use him in his stories.
Look at it this way, it's no different than when Carl Barks began doing Uncle Scrooge solo stories or introduced Gladstone Gander to the pantheon or even Scarpa with Brigitta Macbridge and Jubal Pomp. Remember that Scrooge was a relatively unknown character outside of the comics for decades and it was his popularity through those Barks stories that slowly built up over time. He didn't become truly known to casual fans until Ducktales skyrocketed his presence (at least that's how it was stateside). When other people finally began experimenting using Scrooge, they got him wrong all the time but over time it gradually leveled off. I see the same thing happening with Rumpus if his popularity persists: not to the extent of Scrooge, but maybe more-so like Gladstone or Gyro as an additional side-character.

I'd actually kind of like to see other artists or writers take a whack at him to see a broader interpretation, mostly because I really like Rumpus, but I prefer WVH for right now. Much like Barks and Scrooge, WVH's take on the Rumpus is the definitive one and he's spent quite a lot of time fleshing him out and making him work within the confines of the Duck family. He adds a new dimension to Scrooge we haven't seen before - that of Scrooge as an older, wiser, frustrated role-model brother trying to get to know the family he never had (don't mention Matilda please becuase she was only in the role for Life of Scrooge and Letter From Home, Rumpus has appeared more frequently) and it works pretty well. At least it's something that I can relate to being in an almost frighteningly exact situation.

Shame that we still haven't gotten Gideon McDuck over here in the states though... I'm curious to see what he's all about.

You do have a point WB. Scrooge wasn't always popular. Maybe in the future other artists might use Rumpus in their stories.

William Van Horn has drawn Goofy? I didn't know that. It's a shame that's the only one I know he drew Mickey on a few occaisions for Donald and Mickey in the mid 90's. I always thought he looked a little weird though.