Carl Barks, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Carl Barks

American Disney comics creator

Date of Birth: 27-Mar-1901

Place of Birth: Merrill, Oregon, United States

Date of Death: 25-Aug-2000

Profession: screenwriter, writer, farmer, animator, illustrator, comics artist, painter, cartoonist, journalist, storyboard artist, comics writer, story artist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Carl Barks

  • Carl Barks (March 27, 1901 – August 25, 2000) was an American cartoonist, author, and painter.
  • He is best known for his work in Disney comic books, as the writer and artist of the first Donald Duck stories 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).
  • Will Eisner called him "the Hans Christian Andersen of comic books."

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