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

The plot borrows elements of horror and mystery stories, favorites of Barks, such as the old and mostly abandoned castle with dark halls, hidden dungeons and crypts, ancestors ' skeletons buried inside the castle, the old McDuck cemetery with the graves of entire generations of the main characters ' ancestors, the misty swamp, the threatening " ghost " and the eminent danger that the characters feel around them.

Though he originally just contributed gag ideas to some duck cartoons by 1937 Barks was ( principally with partner Jack Hannah ) originating story ideas that were storyboarded and ( if approved by Walt ) put into production.

Barks also sold a few sketches to Western that were redrawn as covers.

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.

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 Junior Woodchucks were created by Carl Barks in 1951, in the story " Operation St. Bernhard " ( Walt Disney's Comics and Stories # 125 ).

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 Junior Woodchucks were created by Carl Barks in 1951, in the story " Operation St. Bernhard " ( Walt Disney's Comics and Stories # 125 ).

The stories which Carl Barks wrote for this comic book, among the last comic book stories he scripted, were drawn by Kay Wright, John Carey and Tony Strobl.

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

These were known as The Carl Barks Library in Color-consisting of:

When they leave the valley, in one of Barks ' scarce moralizing moments, Donald remarks that the people in Plain Awful " had so little of anything, yet they were the happiest people we've ever known.

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.

Two villains are added that were not in Barks ' story.

Characters like Gladstone were often seen in the early Carl Barks comic book stories.

Gemstone's flagship publications were comic books featuring Disney characters ; particularly the Donald Duck / Uncle Scrooge comics of such Duck artists as Carl Barks and Don Rosa, and the Mickey Mouse comics of Floyd Gottfredson, César Ferioli, and Romano Scarpa, among others.

Crumb states that much of the comic books he enjoyed as a child were funny animal comics, particularly those of Carl Barks.

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

Barks put an effort into the details of every panel so that they gave a sense of melancholy suitable for this rather moody story and he used pictures of old Scottish castles as drawing references to add to the story's realism.

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 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.

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.

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