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

37 stories

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Title	Year	By	As	Kind	Pages	Made in	Printings
Nobody's Spending Fool	1977	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Lithograph	1	Miscellaneous	91
Family Portrait	1977	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Painting	1	Miscellaneous	83
She Was Spangled and Flashy	1977	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Lithograph	1	Miscellaneous	75
Terror of the River	1977	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Painting	1	Miscellaneous	60
Eight-Cornered Eggs	1977	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Painting	1	Miscellaneous	49
I Found It, I Keep It	1977	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Painting	1	Miscellaneous	47
Menace From the Grotto	1977	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Painting	1	Miscellaneous	47
Untitled illustration	1977	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Illustration	<1	X	43
Golden Helmet	1977	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Painting	1	Miscellaneous	42
Cave of Ali Baba	1977	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Lithograph	1	Miscellaneous	42
The Compleat Golfer	1977	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Painting	1	Miscellaneous	42
A Hot Defense	1977	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Lithograph	1	Miscellaneous	41
Hands Off My Playthings	1977	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Lithograph	1	Miscellaneous	40
Visitor from Underground	1977	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Lithograph	1	Miscellaneous	37
Trick or Treat	1977	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Lithograph	1	Miscellaneous	28
Red Sails in the Sunset	1977	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Painting	1	Miscellaneous	26
Untitled illustration	1977	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Illustration	1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	25
Oh, Oh!	1977	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Painting	1	Miscellaneous	24
Untitled illustration	1977	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils	Illustration	1	Miscellaneous	24
Golden Cities of Cibola	1977	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Lithograph	1	Miscellaneous	23
Untitled cover	1977	Carl Barks, Bob Gregory	plot, script, pencils	Cover	1	Western	19
Sheriff Donald's Last Stand	1977	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Painting	1	Miscellaneous	18
A Binful of Fun	1977	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Lithograph	1	Miscellaneous	17
Fair Wind Off Bora Bora	1977	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Lithograph	1	Miscellaneous	16
Untitled cover	1977	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Cover	1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	16
Only a Poor Old Duck	1977	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Painting	1	Miscellaneous	14
Untitled cover	1977	Carl Barks, Bob Gregory	plot, script	Cover	1	Western	11
What's the Hurry	1977	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Illustration	<1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	9
Untitled illustration	1977	Carl Barks	pencils	Illustration	1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	8
Sea Fever	1977	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Painting	1	Miscellaneous	7
Carl Barks-- from Burbank to Calisota	1977	E. B. Boatner	subject	Text story	21	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	2
Untitled cover	1977	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Cover	1	X	2
25 jaar jong!	1977	Wim Sohl	subject	Article	4	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	1
The Magic of Carl Barks -comics-	1977		subject	Text story	7	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	1
The Magic of Carl Barks -paintings-	1977		subject	Text story	14	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	1
A Day in May	1977	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Illustration	<1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	1
The Showoff	1977	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Illustration	<1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	1

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