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4 unusual facts about Carl Barks


Bob Bolling

Bolling's work on Little Archie has earned him comparisons to Carl Barks for the wide emotional and stylistic range of his work.

Donald Ault

Ault also worked closely with Disney comic artist Carl Barks and participated in a number of interviews with him.

Donald Ault is a professor at the University of Florida and is primarily known for his work on British Romantic poet William Blake and American comics artist Carl Barks.

Rotating locomotion in living systems

A 1956 Scrooge McDuck comic by Carl Barks, Land Beneath the Ground!, introduced "Terries" and "Fermies", creatures who move from place to place by rolling like a bowling ball.


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.

Charles N. Landon

Counted among Landon's most successful students were Carl Barks, Merrill Blosser, Gene Byrnes, Milton Caniff, Jack Cole, Roy Crane, V.T. Hamlin, Ethel Hays, Bill Holman and Chic Young.

Comic Book Confidential

Due to running time constraints, Mann couldn't include footage with musician Frank Zappa, Scrooge McDuck creator Carl Barks, All American Comics editor Julius "Julie" Schwartz

Mickey Mouse in Color

Mickey Mouse in Color was a book of comics, published in 1988 by Another Rainbow Publishing, featuring the works of Disney comic artists Floyd Gottfredson and Carl Barks.

This Dollar Saved My Life at Whitehorse

The album shares its title with a 1973 oil painting by Carl Barks which depicts Scrooge McDuck in his money bin telling a story to Huey, Dewey, Louie, and Donald Duck.


see also

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.