I think this might be because Donald Duck is a comic phenomenon in Europe. He and the characters surrounding him (his nephews, uncle Scrooge, Daisy, sometimes Mickey if he’s lucky) has this long-running pocket book series with comic mostly produced by syndicates in Italy. It has been going since at least the 80′s and is translated into multiple languages, so needless to say it was a huge part of our childhoods.
fun fact, as a kid I wanted to become a Disney comic artist. Anyway, I doodled these after discussing a nostalgic video game (Cold Shadow, in specific! Man it sure was somethin’)
AAAAAA LOOK AT THOSE LINES *A*
Donald is one of my absolute favourite Disney characters, and I just adore the Carl Barks comics with him and his nephews- they were so energetic and well thought out.