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

18,050 stories

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Title	Year	By	As	Kind	Pages	Made in	Printings
Untitled newspaper strip	1951	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	52
Untitled newspaper strip	1940	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	52
Untitled newspaper strip	1940	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	52
Untitled newspaper strip	1951	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	52
Taken for a Ride	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	51
'Morning, Judge'	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	51
Any Port in a Storm	1939	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	51
A Heavy Fall of Snow!	1939	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	51
Untitled newspaper strip	1947	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	51
Goo-Goo!	1947	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	51
Untitled newspaper strip	1949	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	51
Untitled newspaper strip	1950	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	51
Untitled newspaper strip	1945	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	51
Spare That Tree	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	50
Lazy Bones	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	50
Mr. Woodpecker Goes Picketing	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	50
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	50
Untitled newspaper strip	1951	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	50
Untitled newspaper strip	1940	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	50
Untitled newspaper strip	1943	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	50
Untitled newspaper strip	1948	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	50
A Two-Way Stretch	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	49
The Star Boarder	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	49
Untitled newspaper strip	1947	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	49
Untitled newspaper strip	1949	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	49
Untitled newspaper strip	1951	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	49
Untitled newspaper strip	1951	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	49
Untitled newspaper strip	1952	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	49
Untitled newspaper strip	1952	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	49
Untitled newspaper strip	1940	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	49
Untitled newspaper strip	1940	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	49
Untitled newspaper strip	1943	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	49
Untitled newspaper strip	1945	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	49
Untitled newspaper strip	1951	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	49
Untitled newspaper strip	1960	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	49
Donald With An Ax to Grind!	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	48
Untitled newspaper strip	1947	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	48
Untitled newspaper strip	1948	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	48
Untitled newspaper strip	1950	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	48
Untitled newspaper strip	1940	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	48
Untitled newspaper strip	1940	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	48
Untitled newspaper strip	1941	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	48
Untitled newspaper strip	1941	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	48
Untitled newspaper strip	1942	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	48
Nine Points of the Law	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	47
But a Cat Has Nine Lives	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	47
Food Is Where You Find It	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	47
A Dizzy Watch Dog	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	47
There's One Born Every Minute	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	47
Donald's Golf Game	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	47
Untitled newspaper strip	1939	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	47
Untitled newspaper strip	1940	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	47
Untitled newspaper strip	1945	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	47
Untitled newspaper strip	1947	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	47
Goofy's Car	1942	Bob Karp, Floyd Gottfredson	script	Newspaper strip	6	Daily strips (US)	47
Untitled newspaper strip	1945	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	47
Untitled newspaper strip	1949	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Sunday pages (US)	47
We Have With Us Today!	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	46
Get A Horse	1938	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	plot, script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	46
A Groundhog Sees His Shadow	1939	Bob Karp, Al Taliaferro	script	Newspaper strip	1	Daily strips (US)	46

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