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Description
This wonderful illustration by Don Rosa, which was published in its colored version in the Picsou Magazine No. 384 in 2004, is a tribute to the story 'A Cold Bargain', first released in 1957 by Carl Barks, which satirizes the ongoing arms race between the US and the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
The fictional state of Brutopia (obviously an acronym of 'brutal' and 'Dystopia') has its first appearance here. It is represented by a brutopian diplomat, who is meant to commemorate Nikita Khrushchev, who has been in charge of the Soviet Union since 1955 (#shoe).
In the very same story, Uncle Scrooge buys in an auction a previously unknown element named Bombastium, the rarest element on earth, extracted from the Mandragora Mines in the Belgian Congo, for 1 trillion Dollars and 6 refrigerators (Brutopia had offered 1 trillion Dollars and all (5) refrigerators of its people 😊)
When Scrooge McDuck finds out about the element's sensitivity to heat, he and his family set off on a journey into the eternal ice to save the bombastium from destruction and the brutopian enemy…
The fictional state of Brutopia (obviously an acronym of 'brutal' and 'Dystopia') has its first appearance here. It is represented by a brutopian diplomat, who is meant to commemorate Nikita Khrushchev, who has been in charge of the Soviet Union since 1955 (
In the very same story, Uncle Scrooge buys in an auction a previously unknown element named Bombastium, the rarest element on earth, extracted from the Mandragora Mines in the Belgian Congo, for 1 trillion Dollars and 6 refrigerators (Brutopia had offered 1 trillion Dollars and all (5) refrigerators of its people 😊)
When Scrooge McDuck finds out about the element's sensitivity to heat, he and his family set off on a journey into the eternal ice to save the bombastium from destruction and the brutopian enemy…
Inscriptions
Signed Don Rosa (on the brutopian submarine)
Comment
Classic story...
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About Don Rosa
Keno Don Hugo Rosa, known simply as Don Rosa is an American comic book author and illustrator known for his stories about Scrooge McDuck, Donald Duck and other Disney characters. Many of his stories are built on characters and locations created by Carl Barks, including the story that brought him to fame as a modern Disney artist – the Harvey Award-nominated comic, The Son of the Sun.
