Carl Barks
(1901 - 2000)
Carl Barks (was an American cartoonist, best known for his comics about Donald Duck and as the creator of Scrooge McDuck. He worked anonymously until late in his career; fans dubbed him The Duck Man and The Good Duck Artist. In 1987, Barks was one of the three inaugural inductees of the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame.
Barks worked for the Disney Studio and Western Publishing where he created Duckburg and many of its inhabitants, such as:
- Scrooge McDuck (1947)
- Gladstone Gander (1948)
- The Beagle Boys (1951)
- The Junior Woodchucks (1951)
- Gyro Gearloose (1952)
- Cornelius Coot (1952)
- Flintheart Glomgold (1956)
- John D. Rockerduck (1961)
- Magica De Spell (1961)
Cartoonist Will Eisner called him “the Hans Christian Andersen of comic books.”
Bibliography
The Black Pearls of Tabu Yama Volume 19 (2018)
A full volume of full-color stories from Carl Barks leads off with a hunt for black pearls in the south seas.
The Carl Barks Library of 1940′s Donald Duck Christmas Giveaways in Color #1 (1992)
A collection of rare Barks stories that were used as giveaways. Preview at I.N.D.U.C.K.S.
The Carl Barks Library of Donald Duck Adventures in Color (1994)
This series of twenty-five albums reprints the Carl Barks Donald Duck titles in full color. For cover images of each issue go to I.N.D.U.C.K.S.
The Carl Barks Library of Gyro Gearloose Comics and Fillers in Color (1994)
This series of six albums reprints the Carl Barks Gyro Gearloose titles in full color. For cover images of each issue go to I.N.D.U.C.K.S.
The Carl Barks Library of The Adventures of Uncle Scrooge McDuck in Color (1996)
This series of fifty-six albums reprints the Carl Barks Uncle Scrooge titles in full color. For cover images of each issue go to I.N.D.U.C.K.S., and click on any cover to go to previews.
The Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories in Color (1992)
This fifty-one volume series of albums reprints the Carl Barks Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories. For cover images of each issue go to I.N.D.U.C.K.S., and click on any cover to go to previews.
The Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney’s Uncle Scrooge One Pagers in Color (1992)
These two volumes reprint the Carl Barks Uncle Scrooge one pagers in full color. For cover images of each issue go to I.N.D.U.C.K.S., and click on any cover to go to previews.
The Carl Barks Library Set I (1984)
The three volumes in this set include work by Barks that appeared in Donald Duck Four Color Comics numbers nine through two hundred twenty-three.
The Carl Barks Library Set II (1986)
This three-volume set includes Barks stories from Donald Duck Four Color Comics numbers two hundred thirty-eight through four hundred twenty-two and Donald Duck issues number twenty-six through one hundred thirty-eight.
The Carl Barks Library Set III (1984)
This three volume set contains the Barks stories from Uncle Scrooge numbers one through twenty.
The Carl Barks Library Set IV (1985)
This three volume set includes the Barks stories from Uncle Scrooge number twenty-one through forty-three.
The Carl Barks Library Set IX (1985)
This three volume set includes all the Barks stories published in Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories from number one hundred sixty-seven through two hundred twenty-nine.
The Carl Barks Library Set V (1989)
This three volume set includes the Barks stories from Uncle Scrooge numbers forty-four through seventy-one.
The Carl Barks Library Set VI (1990)
This three volume set brings together Barks stories from a variety of miscellaneous Disney publications.
The Carl Barks Library Set VII (1988)
This three volume set contains Barks stories from Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories numbers thirty-one through ninety-four.
The Carl Barks Library Set VIII (1983)
This three volume set includes Barks stories from Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories numbers ninety-five through one hundred sixty-six.
The Carl Barks Library Set X (1990)
This three volume set includes all the Barks stories from Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories number two hundred thirty through number four hundred five as well as much miscellaneous material.
A Christmas for Shacktown Volume 11 (2012)
This volume of full color comics by Carl Barks leads off with a classic story of Scrooge’s fortune lost and found again. For a preview go to Fantagraphics.
Christmas on Bear Mountain Volume 5 (2013)
This full color volume of Barks comics leads off with the first appearance of Uncle Scrooge. For a preview go to Fantagraphics.
Donald Duck Family Annuals and Specials (1990)
This volume brings together Barks stories from a variety of miscellaneous Disney publications.