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Carl Barks （March 27, 1901 – August 25, 2000） was an American cartoonist, author, and painter.
He is best known for his work in Disney comic books, as the writer and artist of the first Donald Duck stories 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）.
Will Eisner called him "the Hans Christian Andersen of comic books." Beginning especially in the 1980s, Barks' artistic contributions would be a primary source for animated adaptations such as both versions of the televisions series,
DuckTales and its 2017 remake.
Barks was born in Merrill, Oregon, to William Barks and his wife, Arminta Johnson.
He had an older brother named Clyde.
His paternal grandparents were David Barks and his wife Ruth Shrum.
Barks' maternal grandparents were Carl Johnson and his wife, Suzanna Massey, but little else is known about his ancestors.
Barks was the descendant of Jacob Barks, who came to Missouri from North Carolina c.
1800.
They lived in Marble Hill in Bollinger County.
Jacob Barks' son Isaac was the father of the David Barks noted above.
According to Barks's description of his childhood, he was a rather lonely chi...