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

24 stories

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Title	Year	By	As	Kind	Pages	Made in	Printings
Christmas on Bear Mountain	1947	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	20	Western	260
Fireman Donald	1947	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	187
The Ghost of the Grotto	1947	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	26	Western	170
Volcano Valley	1947	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	30	Western	146
Magical Misery	1947	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	140
Vacation Time	1947	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	131
The Masters of Melody	1947	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	131
Picnic Tricks	1947	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	124
Maharajah Donald	1947	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	28	Western	123
Jam Robbers	1947	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	117
The Waltz King	1947	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	117
Going Buggy	1947	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	114
The Cantankerous Cat	1947	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	108
Turn for the Worse	1947	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	1	Western	104
Donald Mines His Own Business	1947	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	101
Fashion in Flight	1947	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	1	Western	97
Adventure Down Under	1947	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	25	Western	96
Donald's Posy Patch	1947	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	96
The Terrible Turkey	1947	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	95
The Peaceful Hills	1947	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	2	Western	94
If the Hat Fits	1947	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	1	Western	93
Three Good Little Ducks	1947	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	8	Western	87
Machine Mix-Up	1947	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	1	Western	84
Donald Duck's Atom Bomb	1947	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	30	Western	63

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