Walt Disney's Comics and Stories: Carl Barks

Carl Barks was the master when it came to drawing, inking and scripting Donald Duck stories in the Golden Age of comics.  Think of him as the equivalent to Mel Blanc with regards to Looney Tunes.  Barks started creating for Disney with Four Color Comics #9, but his first work in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories started with issue 31.  He went on to create hundreds of stories for the magazine that remain fresh, funny and entertaining.

Shown here is Walt Disney's Comics and Stories issue #40 (v4 #4) from 1944.  The cover art is by Walt Kelly (another fantastic artist who I will feature in a later post) and an interior Donald Duck story by Barks.  In this story "the boys" (Huey, Dewey and Louie) want to go skiing, and talk Donald into buying some skis and hitting the slopes.  Of course he gets into a bit of a situation when he tries to break a record distance on the jump.

In the future I will post some more from WDC&S.  The Mickey Mouse stories by Floyd Gottfredson are also outstanding and worth looking into.

If you are interested in checking out Carl Barks for yourself, try the Donald Duck book recommended on my Amazon tab to the right.  The "Lost in the Andes" volume is very well done and has a forward by Donald Ault which talks about Barks and his work.  (I personally own all the stuff on my recommendation list)

Until next time...