Dive into the childhood of Scrooge McDuck!

Brand-new adventures of a young Scrooge McDuck who will eventually leave for America to make his fortune. A touching album, featuring Petrossi's rounded, modern style.

French BD publisher Glenat has been creating new Disney one-shot albums by top European creators allowing them creative and artistic freedom to tell unique stories in their own style. This is the fourth Glenat Disney one-shot album to be translated into English by Fantagraphics.

From the publisher:

Return to Uncle Scrooge's epic past in this all-new standalone Disney graphic novel… full of thrills and chills in the long-ago coal mines of Scotland!

Decades before becoming Donald Duck's tough tycoon uncle, Scrooge McDuck lived a childhood of struggle--and adventure! While exploring coal mine tunnels with sister Matilda, young Scrooge meets Erin, niece of a desperate theatre owner… whose proud stage is threatened by fiendish forces! Can Scrooge, not yet smarter than the smarties, find a way to save the day? An all-new saga set in the world of Don Rosa's Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck series, “The Dragon of Glasgow" forges a new trail with thrills and chills rendered in a modern, animation-inspired style.

About the artist

Fabrizio Petrossi  was born in Naples in 1966. In 1992, he began publishing in  Topolino magazine , which featured Mickey Mouse comics in Italy, and in other Disney magazines across the peninsula. From 1995 to 2003, he worked in Disney's Merchandising and Publishing department in Paris as lead character designer. During this same period, he also trained new artists for the company, leading workshops in Tokyo, Barcelona, Madrid, Milan, London, and Hong Kong. In 2003, he returned to comics and illustration as a freelancer, contributing to publications ranging from  Pif Gadget  to  SpongeBob SquarePants . In 2010, he assisted Lorenzo Mattotti on character design for the film  Pinocchio  (Enzo d'Alos, 2012). He works on Disney characters for Egmont, Disney-Hachette, Gemstone, Pearson, and Disney Publishing USA. In 2004, he created the album Mickey and the Three Musketeers , based on the animated film of the same name. Around the same time, he designed the posters and visual concepts for the "Meet Mickey" attraction at Disneyland Paris. With Glénat Publishing, he released Epic Mickey (2012), based on the video game of the same name, and then Mickey Through the Ages (2018). He lives in Paris.