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

40 stories

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Title	Year	By	As	Kind	Pages	Made in	Printings
For Old Dime's Sake	1963	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	18	Western	146
Crown of the Mayas	1963	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	21	Western	138
Lost Beneath the Sea	1963	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	22	Western	127
The Thrifty Spendthrift	1963	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	20	Western	127
The Travel Tightwad	1963	Vic Lockman, Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Story	4	Western	114
Isle of Golden Geese	1963	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	23	Western	112
Spare That Hair	1963	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	109
The Case of the Sticky Money	1963	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	20	Western	108
The Jinxed Jalopy Race	1963	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	103
Christmas Cheers	1963	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	101
The Invisible Intruder	1963	Vic Lockman, Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Story	6	Western	100
Beach Boy	1963	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	100
A Helper's Helping Hand	1963	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	4	Western	98
A Duck's-eye View of Europe	1963	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	97
A Matter of Factory	1963	Bob Gregory, Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	95
The Lemonade Fling	1963	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	5	Western	90
A Stone's Throw From Ghost Town	1963	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	90
The Duckburg Pet Parade	1963	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	86
Wishful Excess	1963	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	1	Western	85
Sidewalk of the Mind	1963	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	1	Western	82
Gall of the Wild	1963	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	82
Have Gun, Will Dance	1963	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	82
Man Versus Machine	1963	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	4	Western	77
Zero Hero	1963	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	72
Once Upon A Carnival	1963	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	71
Isle of Golden Geese	1963	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	70
Fireman Scrooge	1963	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	1	Western	68
Dueling Tycoons	1963	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	1	Western	63
AA 30/1965	1963	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	57
No Bargain	1963	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	<1	Western	55
Lost Beneath the Sea!	1963	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	54
Up and At It	1963	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	<1	Western	54
Untitled cover	1963	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	53
The Thrifty Spendthrift	1963	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	38
Untitled cover	1963	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	34
Untitled cover	1963	Tony Strobl	plot, script	Cover	1	Western	29
Beach Boy	1963	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Cover	<1	Western	27
The Duckburg Pet Parade	1963	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Cover	<1	Western	27
Once Upon A Carnival	1963	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Cover	<1	Western	20
Have Gun, Will Dance	1963	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Cover	<1	Western	16

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