Carl Barks

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1901-03-27 (99 years old)

Deathday

2000-08-25

Place of Birth

Merrill, Oregon, USA

Carl Barks

Biography

American cartoonist, author, and painter. He is 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 (...

Production

1943

Home Defense

as Story

1942

Sky Trooper

as Story

1942

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1944

1939

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Good Scouts

as Story

1938

Self Control

as Story

1942

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Chef Donald

as Story

1941

Timber

as Writer

1942

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Early to Bed

as Story

1941

1940

Fire Chief

as Writer

1937

1941

Golden Eggs

as Story

1940

1939

Sea Scouts

as Story

1940

Bone Trouble

as Story

2003

1939

Beach Picnic

as Story

1943

1943

2001

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