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

27 stories

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Title	Year	By	As	Kind	Pages	Made in	Printings
Afoul of the Flying Dutchman	1985	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Painting	1	Miscellaneous	70
Kultajoki	1985	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	1.1	Miscellaneous	47
Sailing the Spanish Main	1985	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Painting	1	Miscellaneous	45
In Uncle Walt's Collectery	1985	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Painting	1	Miscellaneous	43
Flying Dutchman	1985	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Lithograph	1	Miscellaneous	40
Untitled cover	1985	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Cover	1	Another Rainbow (Gladstone)	36
Return to Morgan's Island	1985	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Lithograph	1	Miscellaneous	28
Till Death Do Us Part	1985	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Painting	1	Miscellaneous	26
Untitled illustration	1985	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils	Illustration	1	Miscellaneous	18
Untitled cover	1985	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils	Cover	1	Miscellaneous	18
Untitled illustration	1985	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Illustration	1	Miscellaneous	16
Untitled illustration	1985	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils	Illustration	1	Miscellaneous	15
Untitled illustration	1985	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils	Illustration	1	Miscellaneous	14
Untitled illustration	1985	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils	Illustration		Miscellaneous	14
Untitled illustration	1985	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils	Illustration		Miscellaneous	14
Untitled cover	1985	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Cover	1	Another Rainbow (Gladstone)	12
That's No Fable	1985	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	<1	Miscellaneous	11
Donald's Penguin	1985	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils	Illustration	<1	Miscellaneous	10
Untitled illustration	1985	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils	Illustration	1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	10
Untitled cover	1985	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils	Cover	1	Miscellaneous	9
Untitled illustration	1985	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils	Illustration	1	Miscellaneous	8
Untitled illustration	1985	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils	Illustration	<1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	7
I, too, like to do things with architecture, Kalervo!	1985	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils	Illustration		Finland	6
Happy Days from Donald Duck!	1985	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Illustration		Finland	4
Untitled illustration	1985	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils	Illustration	<1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	1
Untitled article	1985	Carl Barks	plot, script	Article	1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	1
Untitled illustration	1985	Carl Barks	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