Carl Barks
Cartoonist, Comic Book Creator
1901 – 2000
Who was Carl Barks?
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, Gladstone Gander, the Small Explorers, the Beagle Boys, The Junior Woodchucks, Gyro Gearloose, Cornelius Coot, Flintheart Glomgold, John D. Rockerduck and Magica De Spell. Cartoonist Will Eisner called him "the Hans Christian Andersen of comic books."
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- Born
- Mar 27, 1901
Merrill - Also known as
- the good artist
- the Good Duck Artist
- the duck man
- the comic book king
- Disney legend
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Margaret Wynnfred Williams
(1954/07 - 1993/03/10) - Clara Balken
(1938 - 1951) - Pearl Turner
(1921 - 1930)
- Margaret Wynnfred Williams
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Grants Pass
- Merrill
- Died
- Aug 25, 2000
Grants Pass
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on July 23, 2013
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