Renowned Disney cartoonist Don Rosa, who left comics in 2012, has returned to the character for which he's best remembered -- with the cover art for a concept album based on his Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck. Yes, read that last part again.

Titled Music Inspired by the Life and Times of Scrooge, likely in hopes of avoiding the all-seeing eye of Disney, it's a solo album by Finnish keyboardist/songwriter Tuomas Holopainen, founder of the symphonic metal band Nightwish, and a major Rosa fan.

“This is my longtime dream come true, 14 years in the making," Holopainen says on his website. "And a homage to one of the best storytellers of our time.”

Holopainen spent most of last year writing and producing the album, which contains 10 tracks, including "Glasgow 1877," "Cold Heart of the Klondike," and the first single "A Lifetime Adventure," which arrives with a video. The full album will be available April 15.





(via The A.V. Club, with a hat tip to Tom Bondurant)