a.k.a. "The Duck Man"
If you've ever heard of Scrooge McDuck, Flintheart Glomgold, Gyro Gearloose or the Beagle Boys, then you can thank him. A world-renowned writer/artist, Barks is known primarily for his groundbreaking work within the pages of Walt Disney comic books, where he single-handedly created nearly all of Donald Duck's supporting cast!
Carl Barks at a Glance
Carl Barks (March 27, 1901 - August 25, 2000) was a famous Disney Studio illustrator and comic book creator, who invented Duckburg and many of its inhabitants, such as Scrooge McDuck (1947), Gladstone Gander (1948), the Beagle Boys (1951), Gyro Gearloose (1952), Flintheart Glomgold (1956) and Magica De Spell (1961). The quality of his scripts and drawings earned him the nick names The Duck Man and The Good Duck Artist. Fellow comic writer Will Eisner called him "the Hans Christian Andersen of comic books."
Barks / Rosa Collections
Uncle Scrooge Adventures, Barks/Rosa Collection Vol. 1: Land of the Pygmy Indians / War of the Wendigo
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Donald Duck Adventures, Barks/Rosa Collection, Vol. 2: Donald Duck's Atom Bomb/The Duck Who Fell to Earth
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Donald Duck Adventures, Barks/Rosa Collection, Vol. 3: The Golden Helmet/The Lost Charts of Columbus
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Uncle Scrooge Adventures, Barks/Rosa Collection, Vol. 4: The Mysterious Stone Ray/Cash Flow
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Who Is This Duck Man?
- Carl Barks (INDUCKS Creator Page)
- Here you can find an exhaustive listing of Barks' Disney comics, published around the world!
- Helnwein talks with Carl Barks
- An interview with Barks from July 11th 1992.
- The World's Largest Website on Carl Barks
- Storyteller... Disney Artist... Duck Man.
- Lambiek Comiclopedia Bio on Carl Barks
- "Carl Barks is one of the world's most legendary comic artists. As the author of numerous classic 'Donald Duck' stories, and as the creator of Duckburg and its famous inhabitants, Barks is among the most important comics creators of the 20th Century. Beginning his career at Disney in the thirties, his talent was soon recognized by his employer and colleagues. In the following decades, he made solo comics, including the entire 'Uncle Scrooge' series at Dell Publishing."
- A Guidebook to the Carl Barks Universe
- Intended as a site from Barks fans for Barks fans compiled and maintained by Daniél van Eijmeren.
- Goodbye Carl Barks
- "When I was a child, I used to buy Disney comics at the local discount store. They were shrink-wrapped in packs of three, and I remember reading them with time better spent doing my math homework. I wish I'd kept more of them. Disney comic books have always been uneven, but the comics with Donald Duck were always better than the rest. Many of the stories seemed to prophecy the wildly successful Raiders of the Lost Ark movie series. Exotic lands with strange customs, clever riddles and puns, fortuitous coincidences—these were the elements that Barks' lovable characters played off in their many adventures. Unlike the Disney animated films, which became progressively more inane and insubstantial as the 60s progressed, Barks' comics remained examples of economical storytelling coupled with ingenious and original plot twists. Like countless other children worldwide, Carl Barks' Donald Duck comics were a happy childhood treat, even if I didn't know who Carl Barks was until much later. They are among the very few children's comics that I still enjoy as an adult."
How are Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge Related?
Inquiring minds want to know!
Order your copy on DVD: http://www.duckbusiness.com Carl Barks talks about Donald Duck. An interview taped in Stockholm, Sweden 1994.
Walt Disney Treasures: A Little Something Special
Walt Disney Treasures - Uncle Scrooge: A Little Something Special (Walt Disney Treasures)
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Carl Barks: Autograph Signing
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Did You Know...
...that the DuckTales cartoon series was inspired by Carl Barks' comic book tales?Yup, that's right!
You can read all about it in Carl Barks' Greatest DuckTales Stories, a two-volume collection from Gemstone Publishing, on sale now!
Disney Presents Carl Barks' Greatest Ducktales Stories Volume 1
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Disney Presents Carl Barks' Greatest DuckTales Stories Volume 2
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Carl Barks Videos
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Barks created hundreds of comic book stories, but later in life he became quite the proficient oil painter, too! On eBay, you'll likely come across many examples of both.
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Carl Barks and the Disney Comic Book
Carl Barks And the Disney Comic Book: Unmasking the Myth of Modernity (Great Comics Artists Series)
Amazon Price: $16.00 (as of 07/26/2008)
Thomas Andrae's book is the first critical study of Barks' work (in English), and he claims that by offering a satire of Western imperialism and America's obsession with wealth, success, consumerism and technological mastery, Barks' stories present a vision strikingly different from Disney's mainstream.
