COMIC ARTIST

Don Rosa

1951 - Today

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Keno Don Hugo Rosa (), known as Don Rosa (born June 29, 1951), is an American comic book writer and illustrator known for his Disney comics stories about Scrooge McDuck, Donald Duck, and other characters which Carl Barks created for Disney-licensed comic books, first published in America by Dell Comics. Many of his stories are built on characters and locations created by Barks; among these was his first Duck story, "The Son of the Sun" (1987), which was nominated for a Harvey Award in the "Best Story of the Year" category. Rosa created about 90 stories between 1987 and 2006. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Don Rosa has received more than 471,223 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Don Rosa is the 30th most popular comic artist (down from 28th in 2019), the 1,652nd most popular biography from United States (up from 1,811th in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Comic Artist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 470k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Don Rosas by language

Over the past year Don Rosa has had the most page views in the with 53,172 views, followed by French (29,099), and German (17,608). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ido (98.94%), Romanian (81.07%), and Armenian (79.38%)

Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Don Rosa ranks 30 out of 226. Before him are Kentaro Miura, Naoki Urasawa, Alan Moore, Go Nagai, Quino, and Steve Ditko. After him are André Franquin, Cabu, Yoshihiro Togashi, Hirohiko Araki, Winsor McCay, and Katsuhiro Otomo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Don Rosa ranks 65. Before him are Javier Marías, Chesley Sullenberger, Chris Cooper, Mark Harmon, Karen Allen, and Roberto Durán. After him are Glenn Hughes, Fatmir Sejdiu, Lou Ferrigno, Bao Xishun, Šaban Šaulić, and Frank Wilczek.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Don Rosa ranks 1,652 out of 20,380. Before him are Annie Leibovitz (1949), Jack Black (1969), Diane Arbus (1923), William Morris Davis (1850), Lee J. Cobb (1911), and William Tecumseh Sherman (1820). After him are Vincent D'Onofrio (1959), David O. Selznick (1902), Lyonel Feininger (1871), Sixto Rodriguez (1942), Richard Jordan Gatling (1818), and Jennifer Grey (1960).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In United States

Among comic artists born in United States, Don Rosa ranks 8. Before him are Joseph Barbera (1911), Carl Barks (1901), Matt Groening (1954), Jack Kirby (1917), Bob Kane (1915), and Steve Ditko (1927). After him are Winsor McCay (1867), Will Eisner (1917), Charles Addams (1912), Bill Finger (1914), Frank Miller (1957), and Charles M. Schulz (1922).

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