The Queue

The Festival de la BD in Contern held its latest edition on Saturday. The festival has become a much-anticipated event for comic book enthusiasts. This year, the excitement was taken up a notch. Don Rosa was there. Don Rosa, one of Disney's most renowned illustrators. Don Rosa, famous for his stories about Scrooge McDuck and Donald Duck. Don Rosa, the man who drew the ducks.[1]

Fans came from across the region. Some waited patiently in line for hours just to meet him and receive a personalised autograph. The queue was the measure of the man. The queue was hours long. The hours were what the fans brought. The fans brought the hours because the man drew the ducks. The ducks are Scrooge McDuck. The ducks are Donald Duck. The ducks are what the fans grew up with. The fans grew up and brought their hours to Contern and stood in a queue to meet the man who drew what they grew up with.[1]

Local talent

The festival is not just about renowned international stars. It also celebrates local talent. Luxembourgish artists such as Lucien Czuga and Ricco Martini, who have both published their own comics and books, were featured. The international star is the queue. The local talent is the festival. The festival is what exists around the queue. The festival is the local artists and the local comics and the local books. The queue is for Don Rosa. The festival is for everyone else. The everyone else is the Greater Region. The Greater Region came to Contern. Contern was ready.[1]

A cherished tradition

The event brings together fans of all ages from the Greater Region, many of whom have been attending for years, which makes it a cherished tradition on the local cultural calendar. Fans of all ages. The ages are what the comics cross. The comics are what the ages share. The ages share the queue. The queue is for the man who drew the ducks. The ducks are what the ages share. The tradition is the festival. The festival is the comics. The comics are the ducks. The ducks are the tradition. The tradition is cherished. The tradition is in Contern. The tradition is once a year. The tradition is a queue.[1]

200 people gathered in Luxembourg City on Saturday to demand child protection reform. A different 200, or the same 200, stood in a queue in Contern to meet the man who drew the ducks. The queue was hours. The demonstration was minutes. The queue was for comics. The demonstration was for children. The comics are for children. The children are what both events were about. The children who read the comics. The children who need protection. The children who hold teddy bears. The children who queue. The children are the festival. The children are the demonstration. The children are the tradition. The children are the queue.[1]