So, I finished off the 2 books in the first Don Rosa duck collection and the first volume of Sunstone last night (was already pretty far into the duck stuff).
The Duck stuff was quite interesting as expected. Lots of creative stuff, and the collection is great. Big nice hardcover books in a solid slipcase and a crapload of extras. It was cool to see that they even went so far as to include a story that was never properly finished, was only a storyboard essentially. But yeah, a ton of cool, creative stories that aren't really written like your usual comic stuff. Just taking a creative idea and running with it, or making a big adventure. Admittedly there are definitely some stories that are just okay. Even they aren't bad, just nothing too special. But again, probably the significant majority is stuff I'd call straight up classics. This would really, really be a great book to give kids when they're growing up, seriously. And I'm definitely going to grab more when it comes out, as well as looking into the Carl Barks stuff as well.
And Sunstone... you guys were totally right. It was a definite build-up, though. Like, I'm not into BDSM myself, and I was kind of uncertain at first. But it just kept drawing me further and further in, and now I'm totally looking forward to reading the next volume (which I fortunately have sitting here), and kind of sad no more are out yet (though of course there's the deviantart). I'll have more thoughts later probably, but for now... I was surprised at just HOW risque it got. Like, this is definitely the most sexual thing I've read that I wouldn't call porn. But yeah, more thoughts later, probably.
Interesting to say, though, that these comics actually did have something in common: they both feel like something completely different from the norm (and are both great). Though I still wouldn't say that BDSM and anthropomorphic ducks go together, unless you have some very specific fetishes...
