A Guidebook to the Carl Barks Universe

Additional credits: Framed. Image sizes are 4 inch x 2,5 inch, and 3,5 inch x 2 inch. Two pencil drawings of Mickey Mouse on one sheet. Contains a handwritten comment, inscribed in pen, which mentions "from the model sheet 1936".

Owners, past and present: For sale at Ebay on 3 October 1999. (#173989455)

Publications:

Unpublished?

Circulating material:

slightly larger picture: colour

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Sources | image: © [Walt Disney Productions]

tanglefoot faces

Inducks: ...
Barrier: ---
CBL: ---
Type: [study]; five hole animation paper; signed
Creation date: ±1936
Art: [none]
Pencil: Carl Barks
Script: [unknown] [Carl Barks?]
Hero: [none or unknown]
Submission: [none or unknown]
Publication date: [none or unknown]
Issue: [none or unknown]
Pages: 1
Orientation: portrait
Width: [unknown] inch
Height: [unknown] inch

Additional credits: Matted and framed. Contains at least 11 drawings of Tanglefoot's face, showing different emotions. Contains a handwritten note.

Owners, past and present: For sale at Ebay on 24 October 1999 (#186313475)

Publications:

Unpublished?

Circulating material:

picture as on Ebay: colour; top of the sheet is missing

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Questions: Has this material been published? Do you have more information on this material? Do you have a complete picture of it? Do you know the contents of the handwritten note?

Sources | image: © [Walt Disney Productions]

Unit #4 Bambi Dec 22, 1938

Inducks: ...
Type: color pencil, possibly by Carl Barks
Creation date: 1938, December 22
Colorist: [Carl Barks?
Art: [none]
Pencil: [Carl Barks?]
Script: [unknown]
Hero: [none]
Submission: [none or unknown]
Publication date: [none or unknown]
Issue: [none or unknown]
Pages: 1
Orientation: portrait
Width: ±6 inch
Height: ±8 inch

Additional credits: 6 inch by 8 inch pad paper with a small perforation tear at the top, but it was unfortunately glued to another piece of paper to act as matting.
Above the drawing, a pencil note mentions "UNIT #4 BAMBI Dec 22, 1938". The person in the middle seems to picture Carl Barks, with octagon glasses.
In pencil (appears contemporary), on the back of the sketch, the names are/were mentioned: Carl Barks, Chuck Couch, Cecil Beard.
On the lower front, above the 2 Disney Model Sheet or animation paper slits, the names are/were the same except someone added "unknown" for the 4th person (not contemporary).
The writing of "Bambi Unit #4", the date, and the names on the back are in the same handwriting. It looks like the names on the lower front were put on later, copied from the back with an added "unknown" for the 4th person.

Backstage: In about 1938, Barks had a six-week stab, "trying his hand" at Walt Disney's full-length feature »Bambi«.

Owners, past and present: Current owner purchased it from Animation Plus Gallery in Cary, North Carolina, and believes they got it from a private collection, when they had a few shops in the LA area of California. Originally it came out of Disney. They guaranteed it was contemporary.

Publications:

Unpublished?

Circulating material:

large picture

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Who is the fourth person?

Sources | image: © [unknown]

scrooge frowning behind desk

Inducks: ...
Barrier: ---
CBL: ---
Type: 'feeling around' sketch; signed
Creation date: [1973?]
Art: [none]
Pencil: Carl Barks
Script: [Carl Barks]
Hero: [none or unknown]
Submission: [1973?] (as part of correspondence)
Publication date: 1995, June
Issue: The Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories in Color No. 42
Pages: 1
Orientation: portrait
Width: [unknown] inch
Height: [unknown] inch
Project: "composition for a small character study of Uncle Scrooge"

Additional credits: In a 1973 letter, one high school art teacher wanted an original drawing for his students to study. Barks replied with this quick sketch and the following note of instruction: "Sketch made while 'feeling around' for a composition for a small character study of Uncle Scrooge. Much work has to be done on such layouts. The position of every element, even each coin, must be carefully studied. This sketch is only a raw beginning."

Scrooge frowns, sitting behind a desk with a calculator and money.

Publications:

The Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories in Color No. 42 (USA): monochrome

Correspondence:

[1973]? letter from a high school art teacher to Carl Barks
[1973]? letter from Carl Barks to a high school art teacher

Congruences:

... four sketches of scrooge: drawing of frowning Scrooge behind desk, with money

Sources

four sketches of scrooge

Inducks: ...
Barrier: ---
CBL: ---
Type: [studies?]; pencil; signed
Creation date: [1970s?]
Art: [none]
Pencil: Carl Barks
Script: [Carl Barks]
Hero: [none]
Submission: [none or unknown]
Publication date: [none or unknown]
Issue: [none or unknown]
Pages: 1
Orientation: portrait
Width: [unknown] inch
Height: [unknown] inch

Four sketches of Scrooge, with different emotions. One sketch shows Scrooge frowning behind his desk. One sketch shows Scrooge smiling while sitting in his money. Two sketches show Scrooge walking with a cane in his hands.

Owners, past and present: For sale at Ebay on 3 October 1999.

Publications:

Unpublished?

Circulating material:

picture as on Ebay: colour
larger but incomplete picture: monochrome; a part at the bottom is missing; "pcx"-format

Congruences:

... scrooge frowning behind desk: drawing of frowning Scrooge behind desk, with money

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Sources | image: © [Walt Disney Productions]

where do we go next? [rough pencil]

Inducks: ...
Barrier: ---
CBL: ---
Type: rough pencil; [blue pencil?]
Creation date: [early 1980s?]
Art: [none]
Pencil: Carl Barks
Script: [Carl Barks]
Hero: [none]
Submission: [none or unknown]
Publication date: [1998] (Germany)
Issue: Carl Barks Ölgemälde-Kalender 1999
Pages: [1]
Orientation: portrait
Width: [unknown] inch
Height: [unknown] inch

Additional credits: Apparently, an early version of Where Do We Go Next? [detailed pencil].

Publications:

Carl Barks Ölgemälde-Kalender 1999 (Germany)

Sources | image: © [Walt Disney Productions]

Where Do We Go Next? [detailed pencil]

Inducks: ...
Type: Sketch/design, apparently made with red and black pencil.
Creation date: (early?) 1980s
Art: [none]
Pencil: Carl Barks
Script: [Carl Barks]
Hero: [none]
Submission: [unknown]
Publication date: 1995, July
Issue: Uncle Scrooge Adventures No. 33 (Series II)
Pages: 1
Orientation: landscape
Width: [unknown] inch
Height: [unknown] inch

Additional credits: Apparently, based on where do we go next? [rough pencil].
Geoffrey Blum's article "One More Hurrah" in Uncle Scrooge Adventures No. 33 (Series II), credits the sketch as a cover design for the Danish edition of Horsing Around With History [story]. No issue is specified.

Publications:

Uncle Scrooge Adventures No. 33 (Series II) (USA): monochrome with yellow background
Carl Barks�- Background Material and Current Events (USA): monochrome, xerox-quality on pink-coloured page; no source information; seems to be part of the publication's "Horsing Around With History" material
Carl Barks Ölgemälde-Kalender 1999 (Germany): colour; small illustration; signed edition contains a reproduction on an additional sheet

Congruences:

CB OIL 29 Reading the Scandal Sheet: Scrooge, Donald, and nephews, are enjoying a book
... in uncle walt's collectery [painted idea sketch]: Scrooge, Donald, and nephews, are enjoying a book
CB OIL 128 In Uncle Walt's Collectery: Scrooge, Donald, and nephews, are enjoying a book

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larger picture
larger picture: xerox quality

Questions: Has the Disneyana book ever been published? And if so, does it contain any Barks material?
Which Danish edition of "Horsing Around With History" is meant in "Uncle Scrooge Adventures" #35?
Is there really a connection between the sketch and plans for a cover for "Horsing Around With History", concerning the unusual landscape format and the equally unusual abundance of background details? For example, maybe Barks or someone else remembered the sketch and suggested that its resembling treasure travel theme could make it a suitable cover design for "Horsing Around With History"?

Sources | image: © [Walt Disney Productions]

maharajah donald

Inducks: ...
Type: Final pencil layout. Pencil with parts of blue crayon on parchment, signed.
Creation date: 1980s?
Art: [none]
Pencil: Carl Barks
Script: [Carl Barks]
Hero: [none]
Submission: [none or unknown]
Publication date: [none or unknown]
Issue: [none or unknown]
Pages: 1
Orientation: portrait
Width: 7 (image area) inch
Height: 9 (image area) inch

Owners, past and present: This sketch was for sale at Ebay on 30 May 2000. Comes together with coa from German Disney licensee Dreidreizehn Publishing.

Publications:

Unpublished?

Circulating material:

picture as on Ebay

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Sources | image: © [Walt Disney Productions]

Great Adventures in the Long Ago and Faraway

Inducks: ...
Barrier: ---
CBL: ---
Type: [final pencil layout?]; color pencils
Creation date: [1980s? 1990s?]
Art: [none]
Pencil: Carl Barks
Script: [Carl Barks]
Hero: [none]
Submission: [1997?]
Publication date: 1997, December (Europe, Italy)
Issue: Zio Paperone #99
Pages: 1
Orientation: portrait
Width: [unknown] inch
Height: [unknown] inch
Based on: W OS 275-02 "in Ancient Persia" ?

Additional credits: A handwritten note under the drawing reads: "To Federico!"
According to Zio Paperone #99, this drawing has been created in 1997. Could this be the year of submission instead?

Publications:

Zio Paperone #99 (Europe, Italy): colour

Questions: Do you have more information on this material? Has it really been made in 1997? Is the title really "Great Adventures in the Long Ago and Faraway"?

Sources | image: © [Walt Disney Productions]

model sheet donald duck

Inducks: ...
Type: pencil, red and blue crayon on parchment, signed.
Creation date: early 1990s
Art: [none]
Pencil: Carl Barks
Script: [Carl Barks]
Hero: [none]
Submission: [none or unknown]
Publication date: [none or unknown]
Issue: [none or unknown]
Pages: 1
Orientation: landscape
Width: 19 cm
Height: 15 cm

Additional credits: Six sketches of Donald's head. (5.9 inch x 7.5 inch.)

Owners, past and present: For sale at Dreidreizehn on / before 10 May 2000.

Publications:

Unpublished?

Circulating material:

picture as on Dreidreizehn

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Sources | image: © [Walt Disney Productions]

ebenezer and scrooge with heads exchanged

Inducks: ...
CBL: 03A-007
Type: [illustration]
Creation date: late 1960s?
Art: [none?]
Pencil: [Carl Barks]
Script: [Carl Barks]
Hero: [none]
Submission: [none or unknown]
Publication date: [unknown] ([Italy]); 1984, December (USA)
Issue: Noi, Qui Quo Qua The Carl Barks Library - Set III
Pages: [1]
Orientation: landscape
Width: [unknown] inch
Height: [unknown] inch

Drawing of Scrooge McDuck and Ebenezer Scrooge with their heads exchanged.

Publications:

Noi, Qui Quo Qua ([Italy]): ?; details unknown
Me, Tupu, Hupu, Lupu ([Finland]): monochrome, colored
The Carl Barks Library - Set III (USA): monochrome

Other views:

large picture: monochrome, colored

Questions: Is this drawing inked or penciled? What is the size? What is the history behind this drawing?

Sources | image: © [Walt Disney Productions]

good luck and many fortunes

Inducks: ...
Type: [fan drawing?]
Creation date: 1960s/1970s?
Art: [none?]
Pencil: [Carl Barks]
Script: [Carl Barks]
Hero: [none]
Submission: [none or unknown]
Publication date: 1990, December (Europe, Italy)
Issue: Zio Paperone #15
Pages: [1]
Orientation: portrait
Width: [unknown] inch
Height: [unknown] inch

Additional credits: Drawing of Scrooge McDuck, signed. Contains the all-captial text "Good luck and many fortunes", which may mean that this is a fan drawing. ("Zio Paperone" No. 100 contains a note which says that it's a well-known drawing made by Barks after his retiring.)

Publications:

Zio Paperone #15 (Europe, Italy): back cover; monochrome; colored
Zio Paperone #100 (Europe, Italy): page 44; monochrome?, colored?

Other views:

large picture: monochrome; colored

Questions: Is this drawing inked or penciled? What is the size? What is the history behind this drawing? Are there other publications than the one mentioned?

Sources | image: © [Walt Disney Productions]

scrooge worried about tornado

Inducks: ...
Type: [illustration]
Creation date: 1970s?
Art: [none]
Pencil: Carl Barks
Script: [Carl Barks]
Hero: [none]
Submission: [none or unknown]
Publication date: [none or unknown]
Issue: [none or unknown]
Pages: 1
Orientation: portrait
Width: [unknown] inch
Height: [unknown] inch

Owners, past and present: For sale at Ebay in / around 19 November 1998.

Publications:

Unpublished?

Circulating material:

picture as on Ebay

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Questions: Has this material been published?
Is this a preliminary sketch for a painting?

Sources | image: © [Walt Disney Productions]

donald showing his fist

Inducks: ...
Type: pencil on sepia toned vellum like paper, signed
Creation date: 1970s?
Art: [none]
Pencil: Carl Barks
Script: [Carl Barks]
Hero: [none]
Submission: [unknown]
Publication date: [none or unknown]
Issue: [none or unknown]
Pages: 1
Orientation: portrait
Width: [unknown] inch
Height: [unknown] inch

Additional credits: Framed 14 inch x 17 inch, image size (not including signature) 9 2/3 inch x 8 inch.
Drawn in a bold manner with a little bit of red pencil and eraser (barely noticed) in addition to the pencil. The paper has some pin hole "pierce" marks which do not affect the image, they were made by Barks when he placed it on his work board. Below his signature, Barks has stamped "Walt Disney Productions". The drawing has no date.

Owners, past and present: When the drawing was for sale at Ebay on / around 12 June 2000, seller Coastcollectibles from the United States wrote: "This belonged to my father in the mid 1970's who knew Mr. Barks quite well."

Publications:

Unpublished?

Circulating material:

picture as on Ebay: with frame
picture as on Ebay: closer look
picture as on Ebay: signature

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Questions: Has this material been published?

scrooge and donald playing golf

Inducks: ...
Type: Idea sketch. Pencil on paper, signed.
Creation date: 1980s?
Art: [none]
Pencil: Carl Barks
Script: [Carl Barks]
Hero: [none]
Submission: [none or unknown]
Publication date: [2000] (Germany)
Issue: Galerie Laqua 2/2000
Pages: 1
Orientation: landscape
Width: 22 cm
Height: 20 cm

Publications:

Galerie Laqua 2/2000 (Germany): greyscale

gyro's shop and dog cart

Inducks: ...
Type: pencil on paper, signed.
Creation date: 1980s/1990s?
Art: [none]
Pencil: Carl Barks
Script: [Carl Barks]
Hero: [none]
Submission: [none or unknown]
Publication date: [none or unknown]
Issue: [none or unknown]
Pages: 1
Orientation: landscape
Width: 28 cm
Height: 17 cm

The nephews ride away from Gyro's shop, using a automobile-looking cart drawn by dogs. Gyro stands on the background, in front of his shop.

Owners, past and present: For sale at Carl Barks Shop on 21 August 2000. (Order number 6413.)

Publications:

Unpublished? Is this material a preliminary for the 1995/1996 color pencils?

Circulating material:

picture as on Carl Barks Shop

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money juggling

Inducks: ...
Barrier: ---
CBL: ---
Type: Cover design?
Creation date: 1960s?
Art: ---
Pencil: Carl Barks
Script: [Carl Barks]
Hero: [none]
Submission: [none?]
Publication date: [none or unknown]
Issue: [none or unknown]
Pages: 1
Orientation: portrait
Width: [unknown] inch
Height: [unknown] inch

Additional credits: First of two pencil sketches made on one paper, portrait. The full paper itself is in portrait format, 19 cm x 29 cm, signed.

Owners, past and present: For sale at Carl Barks Shop on 21 August 2000. (Order number 6513.)

Publications:

Unpublished?

Circulating material:

picture as on Carl Barks Shop

Other material on same original:

money weightlifting

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Questions: Has this material been published?

money weightlifting

Inducks: ...
Barrier: ---
CBL: ---
Type: Cover design?
Creation date: 1960s?
Art: ---
Pencil: Carl Barks
Script: [Carl Barks]
Hero: [none]
Submission: [none?]
Publication date: [none or unknown]
Issue: [none or unknown]
Pages: 1
Orientation: portrait
Width: [unknown] inch
Height: [unknown] inch

Additional credits: Second of two pencil sketches made on one paper, portrait. The full paper itself is in portrait format, 19 cm x 29 cm, signed.

Owners, past and present: For sale at Carl Barks Shop on 21 August 2000. (Order number 6513.)

Publications: