Carl Barks, the once anonymous "duck man" for Walt Disney whose draftsmanship and writing gained him a cultlike following among artists and fans of Donald Duck comic books and of his very own ...

One of Barks’ best-loved stories is “Donald Duck in Old California.” In this historically flavored 1951 tale, Donald and his nephews seem to be transported back in time to the Alta ...

Carl Barks, the Disney illustrator who is credited with giving Donald Duck his distinctive feisty and comical personality, died Friday at the age of 99. Barks, who had been receiving chemotherapy ...

Writer/artist Carl Barks took Donald Duck’s penny-pinching uncle and eventually developed Scrooge into a globe-trotting ...

Carl Barks’ comic book story Donald Tames His Temper for Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories 64, 1946. Image: Thomas Jensen collection “Since 1934, many generations have taken a shine to Donald, and in ...

Carl Barks, the best Disney artist in comic books (1942-1966), lived in Temecula for a long spell, as I wrote back in May, but he had a longer residency in Riverside County than I’d realized ...

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