Carl Barks — comics creator

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Known forWalt Disney's Comics and Stories

Issues credited2,697

Active1942–1955

Primary roleartist

Carl Barks was born on March 27, 1901, and spent nearly a century shaping one of the most beloved corners of American comics before his death on August 25, 2000. Working for Walt Disney Productions and Western Publishing across thousands of issues, he wrote and drew Donald Duck stories while simultaneously building out an entire fictional universe centered on the town of Duckburg. His most enduring co-creation, the miserly billionaire Scrooge McDuck, debuted in 1947 and was followed over the next decade and a half by a remarkable string of supporting characters — Gladstone Gander, the Beagle Boys, the Junior Woodchucks, Gyro Gearloose, Flintheart Glomgold, and Magica De Spell among them.

For most of his career Barks worked without a byline, known to devoted readers only through affectionate nicknames like "The Good Duck Artist" and "The Duck Man." That anonymity made the eventual recognition all the more striking. Animation historian Leonard Maltin called him "the most popular and widely read artist-writer in the world," and Will Eisner compared him to Hans Christian Andersen. His stories became foundational source material for the DuckTales animated series and its 2017 remake. In 1987, Barks was among the first three inductees into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame, a fitting capstone for a body of work credited across nearly 2,700 issues spanning titles such as Walt Disney's Comics and Stories and Walt Disney Uncle Scrooge.

Full bibliography (first 500) · 34 series

Walt Disney's Comics and Stories (1940) · 123

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Gli Albi Tascabili di Topolino (1948) · 42

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Four Color (1942) · 37

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Kalle Anka & C:o (1948) · 31

Our Gang Comics (1942) · 26

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Cuentos de Walt Disney (1949) · 14

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Mickey Mouse Weekly (1936) · 14

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Walt Disney's serier (1950) · 11

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Micky Maus Sonderheft (1951) · 8

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Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (1953) · 8

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Topolino (1949) · 7

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Donald and Mickey Merry Christmas (1943) · 6

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Walt Disney's Donald Duck (1952) · 6

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Walt Disney's Comics (1946) · 5

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Anders And & Co. (1949) · 4

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Boys' and Girls' March of Comics (1946) · 3

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Donald Duck Tells About Kites (1954) · 3

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Walt Disney's One Shot (1951) · 2

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Walt Disney's Christmas Parade (1949) · 2

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Walt Disney's Giant Comics (1951) · 2

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Tom & Jerry Winter Carnival (1952) · 2

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Large Feature Comic (1942) · 1

New Funnies (1942) · 1

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Walt Disney's Comics - Cheerios Set Y (1947) · 1

Historietas de Walt Disney (1949) · 1

O Pato Donald (1950) · 1

Walt Disney's Vacation Parade (1950) · 1

Donald et ses neveux (1950) · 1

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Colección Bongo (1949) · 1

Le Journal de Mickey (1952) · 1

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Walt Disney's Donald Duck [DD] (1954) · 1

M-G-M's Tom & Jerry's Summer Fun (1954) · 1

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