OK, here's a little curveball:
Don Rosa's The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck.
Don Rosa is probably the most high-profiled living artist who does Donald Duck, and probably only Carl Barks beats him when it comes to fame in the Duckburgh universe (Walt Disney was more into the overall Disney universe and the cartoons/full-length animated movies, so he's excempted). Those familiar with Barks Scrooge McDuck knows that he's actually quite a complex character, and with this collection, Don Rosa gives us a fantastic glimpse into -how- Scrooge became the person that eventually turned into the world's richest duck. Following Scrooge's childhood and youth - and always keeping things accurate with regards to hints and references made in a Carl Barks story - you'll get to spot the adventures of someone who - when all is said and done - is about just that: Adventure. About the joy of finding a hidden treasure. About getting rewarded for hard work. About living his life to the fullest, so he won't have any regrets at the end of the day.
Other things to make note of is that Don rosa always tries to be as historically accurate as possible when taking his adventures into the real world. Of course, he often has to sacrifice realism in order to get the story right, but you can be sure that when he's drawing a hindu temple, there's weeks of research behind it, and any deviation from real life is a deliberate decision. He's also a movie buff, and plenty of references can be found to movies like "Citizen Kane", "Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid", and so on.
Perhaps one of the things that not that many Donald artists understand is the obsession Scrooge has with the money he's filled up his money bin with. But Barks and Rosa (especially Rosa) have both made it clear that there are personal reasons here. Each and every coin has a specific history behind it, and looking at that coin will unveil the memory of that story whenever Scrooge looks at it. The money bin is - almost literally - the story of his life.
And if you enjoyed The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, there are a lot of other stories Don Rosa has made. Both he and I agree that the adventure stories (usually involving Scrooge) are better than the gag stories, but he manages the latter kind fairly well. Especially recommended is the one where Donald tries to get paid in rare coins that he can then sell on to coin collectors.
