Carl Barks

Carl Barks
Name	Carl Barks
Date of Birth	March 27, 1901
Place of Birth	Merrill, Oregon, U.S.A.
Date of Death	August 25, 2000
Nationality	American
Occupation	Cartoonist

Carl Barks was an American cartoonist, author, and painter. He is best known for creating and defining the character of Uncle Scrooge, evolving the character of Donald Duck (1987) and many other characters, and for helming the Uncle Scrooge comic book. 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), Goldie O'Gilt (1952), Little Helper (1956), Flintheart Glomgold (1956), John D. Rockerduck (1961), Miss Quackfaster (1961), and Magica De Spell (1961).

Cartoonist Will Eisner called him "the Hans Christian Andersen of comic books."

DuckTales episodes

Throughout the show, 10 episodes credits him as the original story writer, i.e. that he wrote the comic book story which was adapted into a teleplay by the show's writers. Other than sitting down with series key layout stylist Michael Peraza, who shared concept art with him, Barks himself was never personally involved with the show.

• Robot Robbers
• Lost Crown of Genghis Khan
• Earth Quack
• Micro Ducks from Outer Space
• Back to the Klondike
• Scrooge's Pet
• The Golden Fleecing
• The Status Seekers
• The Land of Trala La
• The Unbreakable Bin

Additionally, the episodes "Down & Out in Duckburg" and "The Curse of Castle McDuck" is also based on Barks stories, although he remains uncredited for them.

Trivia

• According to Peraza, Barks was initially impressed with the show but lost interest due to the large amount of characters and complicated plots.
• Barks drew a family tree in 1950 which is credited as the bloodline of the McDucks. Scrooge was born to Fergus McDuck and Downy O'Drake. He has two sisters, Hortense and Matilda. Hortense would grow up to become the mother of Donald Duck.