Uncle Scrooge! Carl Barks! A Macro-view of a Master Cartoonist and His Beloved Comic Series! 

It's also kind of amazing how different political undertones one gets when the mag is named after Donald instead of Scrooge (like it's in Finland). During the cold war Finland was strongly influenced by Soviet cultural paradigm where anything American was steadily considered imperialistic propaganda. But Donald got through the sieve already in the 50s and never faltered. When you read these cartoons, they can also be interpreted as criticism of capitalism. Donald is often in morbid state of poverty, working hard yet there's never true social mobility for him, in every story he's always back in square one. His struggle for status and income often collides with morality, he makes bad, impulsive decisions out of desperation. Scrooge is miserable and paranoid most of the time, his wealth bringing him great trouble constantly and he's usually the most morally dubious of the main Ducks. The nephews work hard non stop being the most conscientious characters, cleaning up after both Don and Scrooge, and are usually the sole ethical anchor in these stories. Overall, there's great humanity and hilarious, escalating farcicality in Barks' stories that made them immediate classics. There were massive high quality editions printed in Finland. It's been said Barks wasn't always happy about the coloured versions of his comics in the states, but he approved of the quality and attention to detail the Finnish printers had.

Same in Italy!

When I met Don Rosa years ago at DragonCon he was wearing a t-shirt that said “I’m big in Europe, especially Finland.”

Here in Poland it get's kinda smaller. People prefer Barks over modern comics so... comicbooks get less and less sales BUT Barks collections.

Yessir!...I remember that one too!...If I remember right, the Maharajah winds up wearing a rain barrel, as he had to hock his clothes to compete with Scrooge!...It still makes me laugh!!

@@curbozerboomer1773 yeah that was a good one, at first the Maharadja seems to win, but that was when unca Scrooge was just wetting his whiskers, when he got up to steam the other guy was done for. There is also a short one where a rich farmer shows his farm (the size of Texas) Complete with diamond spurs and endless oil fields. Everybody thinks McDuck finally met his match, but actually the farmer borrowed the money to build all that from McDuck