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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 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). Fantagraphics Books called him "the Hans Christian Andersen of comic books.
Carl Barks's Timeline
1901 |
March 27, 1901
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Merrill, Oregon, United States
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1923 |
January 23, 1923
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Merrill, Klamath County, Oregon, United States
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1924 |
November 26, 1924
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Roseville, Irvine, Orange County, California, United States
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2000 |
August 25, 2000
Age 99
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Grants Pass, Merrill, Oregon, United States
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beside Garé's grave, Hillcrest Memorial Cemetery, Grants Pass, Merrill, Oregon, United States
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