The Sharpie of the Culebra Cut The Sharpie of the Culebra Cut "The Sharpie of the Culebra Cut" is a 2001 Donald Duck comic story by Don Rosa. Rosa intended it as an "in-between" story to accompany his anthology "The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck", happening chronologically between chapter 10: "The Invader of Fort Duckburg" and chapter 11: "The Empire-Builder from Calisota". The story is set in 1906. Scrooge McDuck, along with his sisters Hortense McDuck and Matilda McDuck are mining for gold in Panama, which has just recently separated from Colombia and become independent. At the same time, the construction of the Panama Canal
Donald Duck universe city, to a bustling metropolis. Later writers and artists most of the time also continues this tradition. In one specific story by Barks, "Monsterville" (1961), Duckburg was even transformed into a futuristic city by Gyro Gearloose, however it proved that the citizens were not ready for the high level of technology that the new city provided. Thus the city was turned back to its old city structure. In comic writer Don Rosa's stories, Duckburg and the state of Calisota is located on the West Coast of the United States, though Carl Barks himself and other writers often leave the city's