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

56 stories

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Title	Year	By	As	Kind	Pages	Made in	Printings
The Midas Touch	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	17	Western	190
The Golden Nugget Boat	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	19	Western	165
Billions in the Hole	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	16	Western	135
Mythtic Mystery	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	14	Western	135
Monsterville	1961	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	121
Gift Lion	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	4	Western	117
Stranger than Fiction	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	9	Western	114
Duckburg's Day of Peril	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	4	Western	112
Cave of Ali Baba	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	16	Western	112
Boxed-In	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	109
Bongo on the Congo	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	107
Wily Rival	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	4	Western	107
The Great Pop Up	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	4	Western	106
Deep Down Doings	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	9	Western	106
Boat Buster	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	106
Mr. Private Eye	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	105
Jet Witch	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	103
Fast Away Castaway	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	4	Western	99
You can't win	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	4	Western	97
Duck Luck	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	96
Mighty But Miserable	1961	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Story	7	Western	95
The Madcap Mariner	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	9	Western	95
Chugwagon Derby	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	9.8	Western	94
Terrible Tourist	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	93
Money Bag Goat	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	6	Western	92
Gyro Makes His Mark	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	90
AA 4/1964	1961	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	90
Brain-strain	1961	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Story	7	Western	89
Missile Fizzle	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	89
Hound Hounder	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	89
Tree Trick	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	1	Western	87
Sitting High	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	87
Lost Frontier	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	86
The Old Timer	1961	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Story	1	Western	85
The Cube	1961	Vic Lockman, Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Story	5	Western	83
AA 48/1962	1961	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	83
Mechanized Mess	1961	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Story	1	Western	81
Buffaloed by Buffaloes	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	4	Western	79
AA 23/1963	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	78
AA 43/1963	1961	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	69
The Windy Story	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	1	Western	68
The Nose Knows	1961	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Story	1	Western	67
AA 7/1963	1961	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	67
Fly-free Fishing	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	66
Thumbs Up	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	1	Western	65
AA 16/1963	1961	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	61
Poor Loser	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	1	Western	61
AA 46/1963	1961	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	60
Der Stammbaum der Ducks	1961	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	59
AA 48/1963	1961	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	48
The Big Bobber	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	<1	Western	46
Untitled cover	1961	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	44
AA 47/1963	1961	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	43
AA 21/1963	1961	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	40
AA 22/1963	1961	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	37
Over Weight	1961	Tony Strobl	plot, script	Story	1	Western	22

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