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2 unusual facts about Barks


Barks, Perry County, Missouri

Barks is an unincorporated community in south-central St. Mary's Township in Perry County, Missouri.

Saint Mary's Township, Perry County, Missouri

There are three unincorporated communities in St. Mary’s Township: Barks, Silver Lake and Yount.


A Financial Fable

Ed Natcher of Prism Comics wrote that Barks "wrote from a socio-economic viewpoint that was somewhat to the right of Ayn Rand" and that the story could make "any Bush blush with envy at its conservative credentials".

Another Rainbow Publishing

Its name references Barks's saying that there would be "always another rainbow" for his character Scrooge McDuck, which also became the title of one of Barks's oil paintings of the richest duck in the world.

Attar

Ittar, Attar, or Itr, a natural perfume extracted from the juices of flowers, herbs, spices, and/or barks into a base oil

Beagle Boys

The Blackheart character originates from two characters created by Carl Barks: Blackheart Beagle, a riverboat pirate from The Fantastic River Race and Grandpa Beagle, who appeared in The Money Well.

Carl Barks Library

Carl Barks Library (CBL) is a series of 30 books with all Disney comics and covers written and/or drawn by Carl Barks.

Coleman Barks

Barks bases his paraphrases entirely on other English translations of Rumi which include renderings by John Moyne and Reynold A. Nicholson.

Fred the Undercover Kitty

Fred was later honored on July 8, 2006, at "Broadway Barks 8!", the New York City Theater District’s dog and cat adopt-a-thon benefit hosted by Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters.

Groove High

During post-production lead actress Samantha Barks won the role of Éponine in the film version of Les Misérables.

The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library

However, the volumes of the stories are being published out of order, starting with the volumes that the publishers believe will attract the most attention, starting with Lost in the Andes!, a volume containing stories from what is considered to be Barks' "peak" period (the late 1940s to the mid-1950s), including the story "Lost in the Andes", which many fans consider to be representative of Barks' best work, and was Barks' own favorite.


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