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

31 stories

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Title	Year	By	As	Kind	Pages	Made in	Printings
A Christmas For Shacktown	1951	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	32	Western	192
A Financial Fable	1951	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	188
No Such Varmint	1951	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	28	Western	187
In Old California!	1951	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	28	Western	179
Terror of the Beagle Boys	1951	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	163
Operation St. Bernard	1951	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	152
The Big Bin on Killmotor Hill	1951	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	151
A Christmas For Shacktown	1951	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	147
The Truant Nephews	1951	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	146
Pool Sharks	1951	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	141
The Trouble With Dimes	1951	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	135
The April Foolers	1951	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	134
Gladstone's Luck	1951	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	129
Billions to Sneeze At	1951	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	127
Ten-Star Generals	1951	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	127
Knightly Rivals	1951	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	126
The Crocodile Collector	1951	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	120
Christmas Kiss	1951	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Story	1	Western	113
Treeing Off	1951	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Story	1	Western	97
Projecting Desires	1951	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Story	1	Western	97
AA 7/1952	1951	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	90
Rags To Riches	1951	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	86
Attic Antics	1951	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Story	8	Western	86
Der Stammbaum der Ducks	1951	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	81
Eichendorfs Werke	1951	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	71
AA 3A/1956	1951	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	68
Do Not Pick Flowers	1951	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	64
Untitled cover	1951	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	54
Untitled cover	1951	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	49
Talking Parrot	1951	Carl Barks, Frank McSavage	plot, script	Story	1	Western	34
Paperino e i nipotini	1951	unknown / d1	plot, script	Story	1	Western	19

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