Editing Don Rosa (section)

==Early life==

Don Rosa was born Keno Don Hugo Rosa on June 29, 1951 in [[Louisville, Kentucky]]. 
Rosa's older sister was an avid collector of comics and exposed Don to comics as a storytelling medium at a very early age, teaching him to “read the pictures.”{{cn|date=March 2025}}

Growing up his favorite comics were ''[[Uncle Scrooge]]'' and ''[[Little Lulu]]'', as well as his sister's collection of [[MAD magazine]]s. He also had an affinity for [[Superman (Earth-One)|Mort Weisinger's era of Superman comics]], and he later began to collect ''[[Spirit (comics character)|The Spirit]]'' and ''[[Pogo (comic strip)|Pogo]]'' comics.{{cn|date=March 2025}}

Rosa graduated from [[University of Kentucky]] in 1973 with a [[Bachelor of Science|bachelor's degree]] in [[civil engineering]].<ref name="STP"/>