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

2,442 stories

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Title	Year	By	As	Kind	Pages	Made in	Printings
Gladstone's Terrible Secret	1952	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	160
Vacation Time	1950	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	33	Western	159
Back to the Klondike	1953	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	157
Letter To Santa	1949	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	24	Western	156
The Think Box Bollix	1952	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	156
Omelet	1952	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	156
The Master Rainmaker	1953	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	156
Oddball Odyssey	1962	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	19	Western	153
The Status Seeker	1962	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	20	Western	153
Super Snooper	1949	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	152
Operation St. Bernard	1951	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	152
Spending Money	1952	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	152
Flip Decision	1953	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	152
The Big Bin on Killmotor Hill	1951	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	151
Some Heir Over the Rainbow	1953	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	151
Back To Long Ago!	1956	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	21	Western	150
Frozen Gold	1944	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	24	Western	149
All At Sea	1960	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	17	Western	148
Spoil the Rod	1948	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	148
Turkey with All the Schemings	1953	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	148
A Christmas For Shacktown	1951	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	147
The Chickadee Challenge	1955	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	147
Volcano Valley	1947	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	30	Western	146
Sheriff of Bullet Valley	1948	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	146
Luck of the North	1949	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	146
The Prize of Pizarro	1959	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	20	Western	146
For Old Dime's Sake	1963	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	18	Western	146
House of Haunts	1966	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	24	Western	146
Hall of the Mermaid Queen	1967	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	24	Western	146
The Truant Nephews	1951	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	146
Fix-up Mix-up	1954	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	146
The Terror of the River!!	1946	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	28	Western	145
Pipeline to Danger	1960	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	17	Western	145
My Lucky Valentine	1953	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	145
Dangerous Disguise	1950	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	28	Western	144
City of Golden Roofs	1957	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	26	Western	144
North of the Yukon	1965	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	24	Western	143
The Crazy Quiz Show	1948	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	143
The Hypno-Gun	1952	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	143
The Easter Election	1953	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	143
The Titanic Ants!	1958	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	20	Western	142
The Sunken Yacht	1949	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	142
The Screaming Cowboy	1952	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	142
Forbidden Valley	1957	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	26	Western	141
Pool Sharks	1951	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	141
Rocket Wing Saves the Day	1952	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	141
Gemstone Hunters	1952	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	141
The Round Money Bin	1953	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	140
Island in the Sky	1960	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	18	Western	140
The Mad Chemist	1944	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	140
Magical Misery	1947	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	140
AA 4/1958	1953	Carl Barks	pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	139
The Know-It-All Machine	1958	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	4	Western	139
Wild About Flowers	1950	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	139
Gladstone's Usual Very Good Year	1952	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	139
New Year's Revolutions	1955	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	139
The Paul Bunyan Machine	1959	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	21	Western	138
Crown of the Mayas	1963	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	21	Western	138
The Money Stairs	1953	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	138
Knight in Shining Armor	1957	Carl Barks	plot, script, pencils, ink	Story	10	Western	138

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