Anonymous
asked:
I just worked my way through all your doodle comics and my god, I know it's like a short one but that 'eavesdropping' one really hit me in the face with how similar Gladstone and Scrooge are in terms of people resenting them for their luck/money so thanks for that I'd never realised it before!

I KNOW RIGHT it’s like, once you see it you really can’t unsee it

especially with scenes like this from O’Lucky Man (thanks again for translating it Sarroora!) note- reads right to left!

and this-

in comparison to scenes like this from the Life and Times (reads left to right)

and I mean, tell me you don’t see the similarities here (left, an early Gladstone by Carl Barks, right, young Scrooge by Don Rosa)

the main difference is that while most of the time Scrooge’s reaction to this sort of envy is that of aggressive defiance and throwing a fit, Gladstone’s is either aloof disinterest, rubbing it in their faces or just… being sad about it :’(