Carl Barks

Born 27 March 1901, Merrill, Oregon; died 25 August 2000, Grants Pass, Oregon.

Also known as: CB, Barks
Pencils: 1,749 stories
Plot: 1,651 stories
Script: 1,629 stories
Ink: 1,460 stories
Subject: 425 stories

14 stories

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Title	Year	By	As	Kind	Pages	Made in	Printings
Webfooted Wrangler	1945	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	124
The Riddle of the Red Hat	1945	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	11	Western	122
Ten-Dollar Dither	1945	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	118
Thug Busters	1945	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	8	Western	117
The Long Race to Pumpkinburg	1945	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	113
Eyes in the Dark	1945	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	112
The Icebox Robber	1945	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	110
The Great Ski Race	1945	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	104
Thievery Afoot	1945	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	102
Taming the Rapids	1945	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	8	Western	102
The Tramp Steamer	1945	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	101
Days at the Lazy K	1945	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	8	Western	98
Pecking Order	1945	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	96
Best Christmas	1945	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	8	Western	92

Life and work

Comics. Cartoons for The Calgary Eyeopener 1928-1935. - Western Publishing: Comic-book scripts and artwork 1942-1973 (mainly Disney). Created the entire Duckburg universe (including characters such as Uncle Scrooge, the Beagleboys and Gyro Gearloose).

Animation. Disney Studios: Inbetweener 1935-1936 (Mickey Mouse: Thru the Mirror, Silly Symphonies: Three Little Wolves). Storyman on c. 35 Donald Duck shorts 1936-1942.

Also. Received some help with the inking from his second wife Clara Balken and his third wife Garé Barks.

Sources: Peter Kylling's homepage about Carl Barks

Characters most often

Donald Duck5681938–1939, 1942–1974, 1976, 1978, 1981–1985, 1988, 1990, 1994, 2000, 2006, 2012, 2015
Huey, Dewey and Louie4951938–1939, 1942–1969, 1971, 1973–1974, 1976, 1978, 1981–1982, 1984–1985, 1988, 1990, 1994, 2006, 2015
Uncle Scrooge3251947–1968, 1970–1974, 1976, 1981–1985, 1988, 1990, 1994, 2000, 2006, 2008, 2017, 2019, 2021
Daisy Duck951943, 1945–1955, 1957–1964, 1966–1968, 1970, 1984, 2015
Gyro Gearloose911952–1964, 1973, 1990, 2017
Gyro's Helper581956–1964, 1990
Gladstone Gander561948–1966, 1984
The Junior Woodchucks511951–1955, 1958–1965, 1970–1974, 1990, 2008
The Beagle Boys391951–1954, 1957–1967, 1969, 1971, 1982, 1994, 2017
Grandma Duck371945, 1947, 1950–1952, 1954–1961, 1964
Grand Mogul211971–1974, 1990, 2008
Gus Goose171950–1951, 1956, 1959–1961, 1987

Works most with

Garé Barks171953–1955
Kay Wright161971–1974
Vic Lockman141959–1961, 1963
Bob Karp141938–1939, 1942
Al Taliaferro131938–1939
Larry Mayer101971–1973
Tony Strobl91954, 1967–1971
Bob Gregory91958–1959, 1963
Peggy Barks61957–1959
John Carey41970–1971
Vicar21984
Tom Anderson21984