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Lots of good stuff on that page. I can see Rosa on Panel 3.
Donald's more duck-like walk in panel 1 is always difficult for me to reconcile with the way I see the ducks. I understand the temptation, but it feels like an artifact from an older era. That's the only thing I can really think to say that I wish was different, though it's harder for me to comment on without seeing it in color.
Honestly though, there is one criticism I don't understand: I say 'screw house styles'. If you're trying to draw the Egmont style, the Italian style, then you should probably be working in animation as one of the in-betweeners: If you're working in comics, use YOUR style. Be on-model, of course, but homogeneity leads to boring comics. I can see your influences, but it doesn't feel like an imitation, and that's always good to see.

Sorry I'm late to the conversation.

Criticism is always good. Makes you see things that normally you won't see.
I did this to try my hand in the Barks style. Comics in Europe are traditionally done in his style and simultaneously the US continued this tradition. Comics have always been very different from their animated counterparts. I made the first comics in my style and I had all kind of critics, but curiously enough many of them claimed that they didn't know that the animated duck could fit into comic books.
Makes me wonder why anyone hasn't try it before, but I suppose is an unconscious respond to traditions.

Donald Duck stories have a special place in my life because I grew up with them. I used to get a bunch of comics from Editorial Novaro with spanish translations of the Barks and Rosa' s stories.
For this particular page I went back and revisited my childhood and for the first time in years I drew a page using my whole heart. I remember seeing Donald walking down the street and I had a feeling that if he walked a little to the right he would find my town's Barber Shop or the bakery. The first panel is a recreation of my town's main street, The third panel is the sidewalk that I used to walk to go to school...and so on.
Maybe there's a bit of Rosa there and another bit of Barks over there but the truth is that at the end, that's my duck walking down the street having a stroll through memory lane.

Yup. The McKinley Street in Manati, Puerto Rico.
Contraire to popular believe not every street in Puerto Rico is tropical looking.

San Juan

Quote from user: DaveAlvarezDonald Duck stories have a special place in my life because I grew up with them. I used to get a bunch of comics from Editorial Novaro with Spanish translations of the Barks and Rosa' s stories.
I'm curious what Spanish-language Disney comics are sold in Puerto Rico. I'd like to know if they sell back issues and/or are available second hand (comic book shops, antiquariats and book stores).

I know about Mexican "Pato Donald" and "Tio Rico", and about the Egmont-affiliated weekly in Spain (no longer in operation?), and the publisher in Colombia, and, earlier publishers in Chile and Argentina. I read Spanish, and would like to get as many of my own stories (and those of my closest colleague/friends in Spanish language comic books. I've had no luck, so far, in getting even one of my printings in a Spanish language book.

Quote from user: DaveAlvarezThere are all kind of comics here in Puerto Rico. Those Spanish Disney comics are rarely seen but can be found in local trade shows. The comics that we read were Mexican translations from Editorial Novaro. If I see any I'll let you know.
This is my email just in case: (Email removed)
Thanks! I can't look up my story printings in all Spanish speaking countries now, as the Inducks-COA story credit listing for all Disney Comics artists and writers are currently down (out of operation).