Biography

American cartoonist, author, and painter. He is 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) and Magica De Spell (1961). Cartoonist Will Eisner called him "the Hans Christian Andersen of comic books." -Wikipedia Entry

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View The Overstreet World of Comic Books
The Overstreet World of Comic Books

The Overstreet World of Comic Books

1993Film
10.0
View Walt Disney e l'Italia - Una storia d'amore
Walt Disney e l'Italia - Una storia d'amore

Walt Disney e l'Italia - Una storia d'amore

2014Film
7.5
View Carl Barks - A Duckumentary
Carl Barks - A Duckumentary

Carl Barks - A Duckumentary

1994Film0
View Entenhausen ist überall
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Entenhausen ist überall

1994Film0
View Carl Barks - The Duck Maestro
Carl Barks - The Duck Maestro

Carl Barks - The Duck Maestro

1994Film0
View The Art and Animation of Carl Barks
The Art and Animation of Carl Barks

The Art and Animation of Carl Barks

2005Film0