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Rosa, a part-time writer/artist and construction company co-owner from Louisville, Kentucky, traces the full history of his fan strip The Pertwillaby Papers from its origins as a college newspaper strip through its run in Rocket's Blast Comicollector, and the evolution into the superhero-parody Captain Kentucky for a Louisville newspaper with a readership that dwarfed the best-selling issue of Spider-Man. He speaks passionately about Carl Barks as his primary artistic influence, his commitment to research and plot authenticity over flashy layouts, and his disdain for the price-guide era that he feels handed fandom over to speculators and dealers, destroying the hobby's original communal spirit. He hopes readers will support his professionally published Don Rosa's Comics and Stories as an alternative to the superhero mainstream.

Erickson, editor-in-chief of Gladstone Publishing, discusses Gladstone's operations at a pivotal moment: Disney has reclaimed its comics license and will publish its own line, though Gladstone may continue with hardbound classic reprints. He explains the challenges of re-scripting foreign Disney comics (primarily poor-quality English scripts from Danish producer Gutenberghus), the creative diversity between writers Don Rosa and William Van Horn, and the difficulty of writing good Mickey Mouse stories versus Donald Duck stories.