Pre Scrooge (1969-1987)
Before Don Rosa became internationally know for his story Son of the Sun, which was published in July 1987, Don Rosa had created a lot of artwork for university newspapers and fanzines. In 1979, he also created the Pertwillaby Papers for the local newspaper, Louisville Times, the start of his comic career.
The Collectors Dream
A comic collectors fanzine where Don Rosa contributed to covers and published strips of his Pertwillaby Papers
Rocket's Blast Comicollector
A Fanzine published between 1964 to 1983. It was created before the time of the internet for comics advertising, and where comic collectors and fans could have a place to correspond and find information in the comic world.
The Comic Reader
Was a fanzine full of news and was the first comics industry news fanzine produced regularly between 1961 to 1984. It started in the pre-direct marked for comics, before comics retailers.
The Comics Journal
The Magazine of News & Criticism
Seraphim
Formerly EC Fan Addict Fanzine. A fanzine for Entertaining Comics also known as EC Comics. EC Comics was a publisher in the US, which specialized in horror fiction, crime fiction, satire, military fiction, dark fantasy, and science fiction like Tales of the Crypt.
Don Rosa's illustration on the back of Seraphim No. 4
The Captain Kentucky
When Don Rosa became locally knows as comic collector and cartoonist, a local newspaper offered him a cartoon strip to create for a weekly comic strip. He then created Captain Kentucky for The Louisville Times
Don Rosa's Comics and Stories
The Pertwillaby Papers published in his own comic book
