Carl Barks
(1901 - 2000)
Carl Barks (was an American cartoonist, best known for his comics about Donald Duck and as the creator of Scrooge McDuck. He worked anonymously until late in his career; fans dubbed him The Duck Man and The Good Duck Artist. In 1987, Barks was one of the three inaugural inductees of the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame.
Barks worked for the Disney Studio and Western Publishing where he created Duckburg and many of its inhabitants, such as:
- Scrooge McDuck (1947)
- Gladstone Gander (1948)
- The Beagle Boys (1951)
- The Junior Woodchucks (1951)
- Gyro Gearloose (1952)
- Cornelius Coot (1952)
- Flintheart Glomgold (1956)
- John D. Rockerduck (1961)
- Magica De Spell (1961)
Cartoonist Will Eisner called him “the Hans Christian Andersen of comic books.”
Bibliography
Trick or Treat Volume 13 (2015)
This full color volume of Barks stories starts with Donald’s classic battle with the kids and a witch over Halloween treats. For a preview go to issuu.
Uncle Scrooge in Interplanetary Postman (1989)
This volumet includes the Barks stories from Uncle Scrooge numbers fifty-three through sixty.
Uncle Scrooge in Only a Poor Old Man (1984)
This volume set contains the Barks stories from Uncle Scrooge numbers one through six.
Uncle Scrooge in So Far and No Safari (1989)
This volumet includes the Barks stories from Uncle Scrooge numbers sixty-one through seventy-one.
Uncle Scrooge in The Crown of the Mayas (1989)
This volume includes the Barks stories from Uncle Scrooge numbers forty-four through fifty-two.
Uncle Scrooge in The Golden Nugget Boat (1985)
This volume includes the Barks stories from Uncle Scrooge numbers thirty-five through forty-three.
Uncle Scrooge in The Lost Crown of Genghis Khan (1984)
This volume set contains the Barks stories from Uncle Scrooge numbers fourteen through twenty.
Uncle Scrooge in The Money Well (1985)
This volume includes the Barks stories from Uncle Scrooge numbers twenty-one through twenty-seven.
Uncle Scrooge in The “Paul Bunyan” Machine (1985)
This volume includes the Barks stories from Uncle Scrooge numbers twenty-eight through thirty-four.
Uncle Scrooge in The Seven Cities of Cibola (1984)
This volume set contains the Barks stories from Uncle Scrooge numbers seven through thirteen.
Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories 125-145 (1983)
This volume includes Barks stories from Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories numbers one hundred twenty-five through one hundred forty-five.
Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories 146-166 (1983)
This volume includes Barks stories from Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories numbers one hundred forty-six through one hundred sixty-six.
Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories 167-187 (1985)
This volume includes all the Barks stories published in Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories from number one hundred sixty-seven through one hundred eighty-seven.
Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories 188-208 (1985)
This volume includes all the Barks stories published in Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories from number one hundred eighty-eight through two hundred eight.
Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories 209-229 (1985)
This volume includes all the Barks stories published in Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories from number two hundred nine through two hundred twenty-nine.
Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories 230-253 (1990)
This volume includes all the Barks stories from Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories number two hundred thirty through number two hundred fifty-three.
Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories 254-277 (1990)
This volume includes all the Barks stories from Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories number two hundred fifty-four through two hundred seventy-seven.
Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories 278-405 (1990)
This volume includes all the Barks stories from Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories number two hundred seventy-eight through four hundred five.
Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories 31-54 (1988)
This volume contains Barks stories from Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories numbers thirty-one through fifty-four.
Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories 55-74 (1988)
This volume contains Barks stories from Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories numbers fifty-five through seventy-four.