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
Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories 75-94 (1988)
This volume contains Barks stories from Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories numbers seventy-five through ninety-four.
Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories 95-124 (1983)
This volume includes Barks stories from Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories numbers ninety-five through one hundred twenty-four.
Walt Disney’s Donald Duck Christmas Treasury Gift Box Set (2013)
This full color two volume boxed set of Barks stories starts with the first appearance of Uncle Scrooge, then Donald and the nephews join Scrooge in their first “fortune lost and found” classic adventure to lead off the second volume.
Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: “Ghost of the Grotto” (2014)
In this full color volume of Barks stories Donald and the kids run up against an elderly kidnapper while harvesting kelp. Two additional stories round out the book.
Walt Disney’s Donald Duck Gift Box Set: “Christmas for Shacktown” & “Trick or Treat” (2018)
This full color two volume boxed set of Barks stories starts with Uncle Scrooge, Donald and the nephews in one of their first adventures. The second volume includes a classic comedy face off between Donald and the nephews over Halloween treats.
Walt Disney’s Donald Duck Gift Box Set: “Christmas on Bear Mountain” & “The Old Castle’s Secret” (2016)
This full color two volume boxed set of Barks stories starts with the first appearance of Uncle Scrooge, then Donald and the nephews join Scrooge at the ancestral home of Clan McDuck.
Walt Disney’s Donald Duck Gift Box Set: “Lost in the Andes” and “Trail of the Unicorn” (2014)
This full color two volume boxed set of Barks stories starts with Uncle Scrooge, Donald and the nephews high in the Andes in the land of square eggs. The second volume takes the ducks to the Himalayas in pursuit of the elusive unicorn.
Walt Disney’s Donald Duck Gift Box Set: “The Pixilated Parrot” & “Terror of the Beagle Boys” (2017)
This full color two volume boxed set of Barks stories starts with Donald and the nephews trying to chase down a love-sick parrot, who just happens to know the combination to Uncle Scrooge’s money bin. The second volume includes a classic faceoff between the terrible, terrible Beagle Boys and Uncle Scrooge.
Walt Disney’s Donald Duck in Sheriff of Bullet Valley (2015)
In this full color volume of Barks stories Donald uses his vast knowledge of Hollywood westerns to thwart a cattle rustling gang. A Gladsone Gander story is included. For a preview go to Fantagraphics.
Walt Disney’s Donald Duck in The Golden Helmet (2015)
In this full color volume of Barks stories Donald and the nephews are in race to claim the Vikings’ Golden Helmet which give the owner the right to all of North America. Includes three bonus tales. For a preview go to Fantagraphics.
Walt Disney’s Uncle Scrooge Gift Box Set: “Only a Poor Old Man” and “The Seven Cities of Gold” (2015)
This full-color two-volume boxed set of Barks stories starts with Uncle Scrooge, Donald and the nephews in one of their first adventures. The second volume includes a classic comedy face-off between Donald and the nephews over Halloween treats. For a preview go to Fantagraphics.