In November 1935, when he learned that Walt Disney was seeking more artists for his Studio, Barks decided to apply.

Barks had heard jokes about square eggs and chickens since his childhood and decided to use them as an idea for a story.

Barks decided to use issues of National Geographic, which he collected, as reference sources.

Barks would later claim that he originally only intended to use Scrooge as a one-shot character, but then he decided he could prove useful in further stories.

According to Barks, he intended to create her as another recurring antagonist for Scrooge, in addition to The Beagle Boys and Flintheart Glomgold.

An Informal Biography of Scrooge McDuck by science fiction author Jack Chalker used names and events in the Barks stories ( and a very few non-Barks ones ) to create a life story for McDuck.

Barks was asked to create a 32-page comic adaptation, yet Barks didn't believe he had enough material.

In 1987 Don Rosa, a long-time fan of Carl Barks and personal friend of Mark Worden, started creating his own stories featuring Scrooge McDuck and his various associates.

Barks never intended to publish this family tree as he had created it for his personal use.

The Goose Egg Nugget, painting by Barks said to have been a personal favorite ( c. 1973 )

His illustrated version of the tree was published at first in several fanzines and later in the Carl Barks Library.

Barks, who was to play Nancy for the first six months, played the role through March 2012, to begin filming for the film version of Les Misérables, and Cat Simmons was cast as Barks ' replacement.

As Carl Barks is credited with creating the personality of Donald Duck's comic book version, Jack Hannah is credited with developing, if not creating, the personality of the animated version.

witnessed producer Cameron Mackintosh make a special appearance, during the curtain call, to announce that, the tour's Nancy, Samantha Barks will be playing Eponine in the movie version of his long running musical Les Miserables.

Until this point, the development of both the animated and the comic strip version of Donald was the result of a combined effort by a number of different creators, but the comic book version of Donald was mainly developed by Carl Barks beginning in 1943.

According to Barks, his attention was mostly drawn to the cowboys that frequented the market with their revolvers, strange nicknames for each other and sense of humor.

Barks later declared that he was sure that if not for a little humor in their troubled lives, they would certainly go insane.

Carl Barks and Rosa are some of the few artists who have their name written on the covers of Disney magazines when their stories are published.

In the comics, however, as developed by Al Taliaferro and Carl Barks, the young ducks are more usually portrayed as well-behaved, preferring to assist their uncle Donald Duck and great-uncle Scrooge McDuck in the adventure at hand.

In the early Barks comics, the ducklings were still wild and unruly, but their character improved considerably due to their membership in the Junior Woodchucks and the good influence of their wise old great-grandmother Elvira Coot " Grandma " Duck.

The Beagle Boys were originally created by Carl Barks, and made their first appearance in the 10-page story The Terror of the Beagle Boys ( WDC # 134 ) that was first published in November 1951.

Carl Barks used to include the words " Beagle Boys Inc " on their shirts under their numbers, which was later deleted.

The Beagle Boys usually operate on their own, but collaborated with Magica De Spell in the 1963 Barks story Isle of the Golden Geese, and again in the 1997 Don Rosa story A Little Something Special where they also teamed up with Flintheart Glomgold.

In 1971 Carl Barks drew a model sheet of the nephews, with some of the drawings showing them in their Junior Woodchuck uniforms, for the Disney studio's publications department.

Reprints of classic Donald Duck stories by Carl Barks and Mickey Mouse stories by Floyd Gottfredson were the foundation of their output.

Besides having status as one of Barks ' best stories, The Old Castle's Secret is also notable for being Donald and Huey, Dewey and Louie's first treasure hunt with their uncle, Scrooge McDuck.

In an interview with " Barks. co. jp ," the group explained that the long wait for the single was due to their search for the perfect song.

The family hears the doorbell, finding Dr. Hibbert, who says that Santa's Little Helper had impregnated his poodle, Rosa Barks, and he turns over the puppies to the Simpson family making them their problem.

His nephews accompanied him in those stories and Barks also gave many aspects to their personalities.

From then on Barks produced most of his longer stories in Uncle Scrooge with Scrooge as their star and focusing in adventure, while his ten-pagers continued to feature Donald as their star and focused on comedy.

" ( After his retirement Barks started reading Tolkien, and discovered similarities between their stories.

Sir Eider McDuck is mentioned in the story " The Old Castle's Secret " by Carl Barks and later appeared in Don Rosa's Duck Family Tree.

Sir Quackly McDuck is mentioned in the story " The Old Castle's Secret " by Carl Barks and later appeared in Don Rosa's Duck Family Tree.

Sir Roast McDuck is mentioned in the story " The Old Castle's Secret " by Carl Barks and later appeared in Don Rosa's Duck Family Tree.

Sir Stuft McDuck is mentioned in the story " The Old Castle's Secret " by Carl Barks and later appeared in Don Rosa's Duck Family Tree.

She was first mentioned in Carl Barks ' 1950s sketch for a Duck Family Tree, where she was shown to have adopted Gladstone Gander.

The Matilda McDuck character was dropped in Barks ' 1991 Duck Family Tree sketch ( where Gladstone Gander is the biological grandson of Grandma Duck and not related to Scrooge ), but Don Rosa picked up the name, and used Matilda McDuck as a prominent character in The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck.

In a later interview, Barks identified a similar figure from the comic strips of Charles Addams as another source of inspiration for Magica, namely Morticia Addams of The Addams Family.

When Don Rosa created his Duck Family Tree in 1993, he included the Coots used by Carl Barks and himself as Grandma Duck's family are descendants of Cornelius Coot.

Carl Barks ( March 27, 1901 – August 25, 2000 ) was an American Disney Studio illustrator and comic book creator, who invented 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 ).

In 1987, Barks was one of the three inaugural inductees of the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame.

Barks was born in Merrill, Oregon to William Barks and his wife Arminta Johnson.

Barks once stated that his paternal ancestors were Dutch and his maternal ancestors were Scottish.

His paternal grandparents were David Barks and his wife Ruth Shrum.

Barks was the descendant of Jacob Barks who came to Missouri from North Carolina around 1800.

Jacob Barks ' son Isaac was the father of the David Barks noted above.

According to Barks ' description of his childhood, he was a rather lonely child.

The nearest neighbor lived half a mile ( 800 m ) away, but he was more an acquaintance to Barks ' parents than a friend.

The closest school was about two miles ( 3 km ) away and Barks had to walk that distance every day.

The rural area had few children, though, and Barks later remembered that his school had only about eight or ten students including him.

In 1908, William Barks ( in an attempt to increase the family income ) moved with his family to Midland, Oregon, some miles north of Merrill, to be closer to the new railway lines.

The year was 1913, and Barks was already 12 years old ; but, due to the constant moving, he had not yet managed to complete grade school.

1916 served as a turning point in Barks ' life for various reasons.

Barks started taking various jobs but had little success in such occupations as a farmer, woodcutter, turner, mule driver, cowboy and printer.

It was an attitude towards life that Barks would adopt.

According to Barks, this period of his life would later influence his best known fictional characters: Walt Disney's Donald Duck and his own Scrooge McDuck.

Donald's drifting from job to job was reportedly inspired by Barks ' own experiences.

Barks also reported that this was another thing he was familiar with.

Scrooge's main difference to Donald, according to Barks, was that he too had faced the same difficulties in his past but through intelligence, determination and hard work, he was able to overcome them.