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.

Barks defined the volume of money contained inside as " three cubic acres ", but the exact meaning, and therefore the volume, of a " cubic acre " is subject to interpretation by the reader, since an acre is a measure of area, not length, a cubic acre would be a 6-dimensional space of 247, 961, 850, 048, 000 feet to the sixth power.

In the Barks / Rosa universe, the Beagle Boys have almost identical personalities, but one of the members ( 176-167 ) is known to be very fond of prunes, a weakness that proves to be the Beagle Boys ' downfall in some stories.

He was originally supposed to be married to Matilda McDuck but Carl Barks later changed his mind and had him married to Daphne Duck instead.

He was originally supposed to be Gladstone Gander's father, Daphne Duck's husband and Gus's uncle, but Carl Barks later changed his mind about that matter, making Goosetave Gander ( who was originally Gladstone's adoptive father after Luke and Daphne " overate at a free-lunch picnic ") Gladstone's biological father and Daphne's husband.

This is often ignored in other stories to be able to have the rivals meet on a daily basis as in the case of Scrooge's other rival, Flintheart Glomgold ( who in the Barks stories lives in South Africa ) with John primarily managing his activities from a large business building he owns in Duckburg, and the three characters sitting at the same table in the Billionaires ' Club of the city.

Prior shows would contain elements of parody in certain episodes, but would otherwise be straight-faced adventure concepts, this in the tradition of Carl Barks ' work in the Disney comics.

It introduces the Clan McDuck, giving a family history to the characters that would later be expanded by both Barks and his " successors " and firmly setting the character's origin in Scotland, a homeland where a number of later stories would take place.

Barks had an interest in Klondike and scenes of this story were inspired by old Klondike tales, but this story can be seen as most important for its contribution to the development of Scrooge's personality, and way of thought.

A number of previous stories by Barks presented Scrooge's way of life as rather stressful but this is the first story where this seems to be getting on his nerves.

Hannah in subsequent years did a handful of other Donald Duck comic book stories but, unlike Barks, he stayed at the studio and eventually was given a chance to be a director.

When Barks first wrote this story he had no idea that Scrooge was going to be a popular character.

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.

The next two recurring characters to be introduced by Barks were arguably more significant.

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.

The story's legacy, coupled with Barks ' own love for it, made it launch the first The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library volume.

Carl Barks originally received the idea from someone else but he changed the script and made it his own.

In one Carl Barks story, The 24 Karat Moon, Scrooge McDuck builds a rocket ship, travels to the asteroid belt and finds an asteroid made of solid gold:

Barks had made his point by improving the original script beyond what had been expected of him.

The world's continuity has been primarily built in comics by Carl Barks ( 1901-2000 ), but has its roots in the Donald Duck short film series and the Silly Symphony comic strip by Ted Osborne and Al Taliaferro.

The short was directed by Jack King and scripted by Carl Barks.

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

When asked which of his stories was a favorite in several interviews Barks cited the ten-pager in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories # 146 ( Nov. 1952 ) in which Donald tells the story of the chain of unfortunate events that took place when he owned a chicken farm in a town which subsequently was renamed Omelet.

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.

John Stanley and Carl Barks ( when he was writing stories for the Junior Woodchuck title ) are known to have used this style of scripting.

Beck's painting inspired by Carl Barks ' unused cover sketch for the story " The Mines of King Solomon " ( Uncle Scrooge # 19, Sept .- Nov. 1957 ) was used as the cover when the story was reprinted in Gladstone Comic Album # 1 ( 1987 ).

Later, when Donald is at basic training, Barks pokes fun at military discipline, and even gives the sergeant a punishment of sorts by getting shot.

One of the first, important discoveries was in 1960 when U. S. American fan John Spicer wrote the first fan letter to Carl Barks to which the good Duck artist replied.

Barks would later use the treasure hunting theme in many of his stories.

Its story is considered significant as both the first Donald story drawn by Barks for a comic book and the first to involve Donald in a treasure hunting expedition.

Until high school, of which he attended Saint Xavier High School in Louisville, Kentucky his featured characters were a large cast of stick figures featured in comedy-adventures like the Barks comics and old movies Don enjoyed most.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.