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

79 stories

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Title	Year	By	As	Kind	Pages	Made in	Printings
Untitled illustration	2005	Carl Barks	pencils	Illustration	1	Miscellaneous	15
Sheriff of Bullet Valley	2005	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Painting	1	Miscellaneous	13
Gyro's Motorized Unicycle	2005	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Painting	1	Miscellaneous	13
Untitled illustration	2005	Carl Barks	pencils, plot, script	Illustration	<1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	8
Untitled illustration	2005	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils	Illustration	1	Miscellaneous	7
Untitled illustration	2005	Carl Barks	pencils, ink, plot, script	Illustration	<1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	7
Untitled illustration	2005	Carl Barks	pencils, ink, plot, script	Illustration	1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	7
Untitled text story	2005	Carl Barks, (no one)	plot, script	Text story	1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	7
Untitled illustration	2005	Carl Barks, (no one)	plot, script	Illustration		Non-Disney and/or non-comics	7
2. Perspektivenkorrektur	2005	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils	Illustration	<1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	6
3. Zweite Skizze	2005	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils	Illustration	<1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	6
4. Letzte Skizze	2005	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils	Illustration	<1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	6
6. Vorbereitung zum Malen	2005	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Illustration	<1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	6
7. Das Malen beginnt	2005	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Illustration	<1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	6
8. Erster Farbauftrag	2005	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Illustration	<1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	6
9. Fertig zum Verkauf	2005	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Illustration	<1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	6
Untitled cover	2005	Carl Barks, Pat Block	plot, script	Cover	1	X	6
Always keep a few fat pigs, kids!	2005	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils	Illustration	1	Miscellaneous	5
Untitled illustration	2005	Carl Barks	pencils	Illustration	<1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	5
Northwest Mounted	2005	Carl Barks	pencils	Illustration	1	Miscellaneous	4
Untitled cover	2005	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils	Cover	1	Miscellaneous	4
Traveling Salesman Donald	2005	Carl Barks	pencils	Illustration	6	Miscellaneous	3
Untitled illustration	2005	Carl Barks	pencils	Illustration	<1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	3
Pluto sotaväessä	2005	Carl Barks	pencils	Illustration	<1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	3
Untitled illustration	2005	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils	Illustration	1	Miscellaneous	2
Lost Prospectors	2005	Carl Barks	pencils	Illustration	1	Miscellaneous	2
Untitled cover	2005	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils	Cover	1	Miscellaneous	2
Untitled cover	2005	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils	Cover	1	Miscellaneous	2
Untitled illustration	2005	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils	Illustration	1	Miscellaneous	2
Untitled illustration	2005	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils	Illustration	1	Miscellaneous	2
Untitled illustration	2005	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils	Illustration	1	Miscellaneous	2
Untitled illustration	2005	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils	Illustration	1	Miscellaneous	2
Untitled illustration	2005	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils	Illustration	1	Miscellaneous	2
Untitled illustration	2005	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils	Illustration	1	Miscellaneous	2
Untitled text story	2005	Carl Barks	plot, script	Text story	<1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	2
Untitled text story	2005	Carl Barks, (no one)	plot, script	Text story	<1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	2
Untitled illustration	2005	Carl Barks	pencils	Illustration	<1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	2
Untitled illustration	2005	Carl Barks	pencils	Illustration	<1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	2
Untitled text story	2005	Carl Barks, (no one)	plot, script	Text story	1.7	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	2
Untitled text story	2005	Carl Barks, (no one)	plot, script	Text story	1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	2
Untitled text story	2005	Carl Barks	plot, script	Text story	2	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	2
Untitled text story	2005	Carl Barks, (no one)	plot, script	Text story	<1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	2
Untitled text story	2005	Carl Barks, (no one)	plot, script	Text story	1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	2
Untitled text story	2005	Carl Barks, (no one)	plot, script	Text story	<1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	2
Untitled text story	2005	Carl Barks, (no one)	plot, script	Text story	1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	2
Untitled text story	2005	Carl Barks	plot, script	Text story	<1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	2
Untitled text story	2005	Carl Barks, (no one)	plot, script	Text story	1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	2
Untitled text story	2005	Carl Barks, (no one)	plot, script	Text story	1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	2
Untitled text story	2005	Carl Barks, (no one)	plot, script	Text story	<1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	2
Untitled text story	2005	Carl Barks, (no one)	plot, script	Text story	1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	2
Untitled text story	2005	Carl Barks, (no one)	plot, script	Text story	<1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	2
Untitled text story	2005	Carl Barks, (no one)	plot, script	Text story	<1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	2
Untitled illustration	2005	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Illustration	<1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	2
Untitled text story	2005	Carl Barks	plot, script	Text story	1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	2
Untitled text story	2005	Carl Barks	plot, script	Text story	<1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	2
Untitled text story	2005	Carl Barks, (no one)	plot, script	Text story	<1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	2
Untitled text story	2005	Carl Barks, (no one)	plot, script	Text story	1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	2
Untitled text story	2005	Carl Barks, (no one)	plot, script	Text story	<1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	2
Untitled text story	2005	Carl Barks, (no one)	plot, script	Text story	<1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	2
Untitled text story	2005	Carl Barks, (no one)	plot, script	Text story	<1	Non-Disney and/or non-comics	2

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