Bob Karp

Born 1911; died 1975.

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

373 stories

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Title	Year	By	As	Kind	Pages	Made in	Printings
Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold	1942	Bob Karp, Carl Barks	script	Story	64	Western	136
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	63
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	57
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	50
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	48
Goofy's Car	1942	Bob Karp, Floyd Gottfredson	script	Newspaper strip	6	Daily strips (US)	47
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	46
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	44
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	42
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	41
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	41
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	40
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	40
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	40
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	39
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	39
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	38
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	38
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	38
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	37
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	37
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	35
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	35
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	35
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	34
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	34
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	34
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	34
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	34
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	33
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	33
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	32
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	32
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	31
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	31
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	31
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Floyd Gottfredson	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	31
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	30
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	29
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	29
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	29
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	28
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	28
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	28
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	27
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	27
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	27
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	27
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	27
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	27
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	27
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	26
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	26
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	26
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	26
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	26
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Floyd Gottfredson	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	26
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	26
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	25
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	25

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