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Generally, I prefer comic book artwork by Barks in his storytelling prime to Duck paintings and other artwork by Barks the retiree. This colored drawing is an exception. It was created in 1983 as an idea sketch to the cover for a proposed Disneyana book. The book was never published, and Barks reworked the idea to the oil painting "In Uncle Walt´s Collectery". The content in the drawing is taken from the "Land Beneath the Ground" story (Uncle Scrooge 13), featuring the subterranian creatures Terries and Fermies. In the composition, everything points to the five Ducks. The drawing was first published (as a tiny and murky b&w scan) in Carl Barks Library Vol. VI, p.99. A much better published version in Egmont´s Carl Barks Collection - The Paintings Book p. 266.
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About Carl Barks
Carl Barks was an American cartoonist, author, and painter. He is best known for his comics about Donald Duck and as the creator of Scrooge McDuck. He worked anonymously until late in his career; fans dubbed him The Duck Man and The Good Duck Artist. In 1987, Barks was one of the three inaugural inductees of the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame.
