Carl Barks
, 1901 - 2000
Carl Barks, also known as "The Duck Man", was an American cartoonist from Oregon. He first began working for Disney Studios in 1935 as an "inbetweener". He soon became a story writer for Disney, debuting as the story writer for the Donald Duck haircut scene in Modern Inventions (1937). After leaving Disney for Western Publishing, he created the character Scrooge McDuck, also known as Uncle Scrooge, in 1947. Barks was also responsible for the creation of the various other inhabitants of Duckburg, who featured in the Ducktales series. Throughout his career, Barks received many awards, the most notable being when he became one of the first people to be inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 1987. He was also given a Duckster Award in 1971 by the Walt Disney Company.
Bio prepared by Nanci Santos, University of Roehampton, nancisantos@hotmail.co.uk
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