Creator from United States

Bob Karp

Born 1911; died 1975.

Robert Louis Karp (1911–1975) was an American comics writer.
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Born as: Robert Louis Karp
Also known as: BKa
Script: 18,040 stories
Plot: 18,024 stories
Subject: 10 stories
Ink: 5 stories
Pencils: 5 stories

Stories

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Title	Year	By	As	Kind	Pages	Made in	Printings
"Penny" Hitches a Ride	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	42
Donald's Golf Game	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	42
Untitled newspaper strip	1938	Homer Brightman, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	41
You Asked For It	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	41
Boys Will Be Boys	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	41
'Commercial' Art	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	41
A Little Bird Told Them	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	41
A Quack Prescribes - for Himself	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	41
Just a Heel!	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	41
A Hair-Raising Experience	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	40
Nothing Makes Gus Sick	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	40
Close Quarters	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	40
A Sure Cure	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	40
Donald's Wearing It on His Wrist!	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	40
Settles a Grudge	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	40
The Last Lap	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	40
Why Bring That Up?	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	39
The Garden of Eden	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	39
Bitter Sweet	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	39
You Asked for It	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	39
Four of a Kind	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	39
On Ice	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	39
Always the Gentleman	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	39
Last One In's a Tramp	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	39
Goose Hangs High	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	39
It' an Ill Wind	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	38
Let A Sleeping Dog Lie	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	38
He Starts From Scratch	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	38
Beast of Burden	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	38
What's Your Hurry, Donald?	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	38
And So to Bed	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	38
Dressed For Dinner	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	38
Any Part in a Storm	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	38
In the Neck	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	38
A Strong Scant	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	38
The Worm Turns	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	37
Giddayap Unca Donald	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	37
The Early Bird	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	37
The Patient Recovers	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	37
Forewarned is Forearmed	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	37
Shylock Replaces His Bumper	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	37
Caught In the Draft	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	37
Get A Rain Check	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	37
Donald Takes the Cheese	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	37
A Reformer Reformed	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	37
A Little Light	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	37
Bring Your Rubbers!	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	37
Love at First Sight	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	37
A Bone to Pick	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	36
Donald is Lightly "Put-Out"	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	36
Boys Will Be Boys	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	36
That's What You Think!	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	36
The Tide Turns	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	36
Shoe on the Other Foot	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	36
Fisherman's Luck	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	36
Excuse My Dust	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	36
A Bird's Eye View	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	36
Alone At Last	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	36
The Bees Get Stung	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	36
Mrs. Walrus Retaliates	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	36

Life and work

Comics. Disney Studios: Script for newspaper strips (Donald Duck 1938-1974, Merry Menagerie 1947-1962). - Editorial Art Syndicate/Sangor Shop: Comic book scripts for American Comics Group and Standard Comics 1945-1947 (Giggle, Ha Ha, Hurry Hare a.o.). - Script for the newspaper strip The Middles 1946-1950.

Animation. Disney Studios late 1930s: Worked in the character model department before he began to write the Donald Duck strip. - Filmation Associates: Storyman 1960s (Aquaman, Batman, Green Lantern, Superboy, Mighty Hercules o.a.).

Also. Brother of Hubie Karp and Lynn Karp.

Education. College of St. Thomas

Characters most often

Donald Duck13,2801938–1975, 1995, 2010, 2015
Huey, Dewey and Louie4,7061938–1975, 2015
Daisy Duck2,8871940–1975, 2015
Uncle Scrooge9141951, 1955, 1960–1975
Ludwig Von Drake5991961–1975
Fido from ZD 59-07-191331959, 1963–1975
Bolivar1061938–1948
Brain791962–1974
Grandma Duck691943–1944, 1948, 1950–1951, 1953–1954, 1956, 1961, 1966, 1968, 1970–1972, 1974–1975
Taffy from ZD 53-05-10621953–1955, 1957, 1959–1963
Basil591938–1945, 1947, 1951, 1953, 1995
Donald's black cat501938–1946, 1953–1954, 1956–1957, 1966–1967

Works most with

Al Taliaferro10,8891938–1969, 1995, 2015
Bob Grant4,5011947–1962
Frank Grundeen2,7151967–1975
George Waiss1,1741943–1946
Ellis Eringer5181965–1967
Dick Moores1611942–1943, 1952
Al Hubbard1051965
Kay Wright981965
Karl Karpé981941–1942
Bill Weaver711967
Manuel Gonzales561955–1957
Ben De Nunez521957, 1961

Printed most in

United States18,033
Sweden14,450
Netherlands7,824
Norway6,748
Italy6,490
Finland6,111
France5,989
Brazil5,334
Denmark4,498
Germany3,346
Spain2,962
Yugoslavia2,595