A Guidebook to the Carl Barks Universe

Letter reads, in part: "I regret that I cannot promise to be home and receiving visitors as far off as August. We have been real stick-in-the-mud types for many years, but this year we hope to do some wandering ourselves. There were always quite a few visitors at our house from the San Diego Con and from nearby Disneyland. We met many fans from far away places, espcially during the summer months. And as we watched them drive away to cool exotic places we wished we could someday do as much. I hope you will understand and will not be too disappointed."

Owners, past and present:

Auctioned at Ebay, December 1, 2000.: According to the seller, the letter "does not contain anything of historical interest (no new facts on creating Uncle Scrooge, etc.), or (in the seller's perception) anything of a personal, private nature."

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Sources

Date: 1983, October 2
Type: Notes written for The Carl Barks Library
Sender: Carl Barks
Receiver: [Another Rainbow?]

Publications:

The Carl Barks Library - Set I (USA): (01B-377); Transcription. Small portion. Edited?; Identified as "1983 interview by Bruce Hamilton (questions by Bruce Hamilton, Thomas Andrae and Geoffrey Blum)"
The Carl Barks Library - Set VII (USA): (07B-298); Transcription. Small portion.
The Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories in Color No. 12 (USA): Transcription. Small portion. (footnote 1)
The Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories in Color No. 14 (USA): Transcription. Small portion. (footnote 2)

Sources

Date: 1984, July 4
Type: Notes written for The Carl Barks Library
Sender: Carl Barks
Receiver: [Another Rainbow?]

Description: Notes written for the Carl Barks Library.

Publications:

The Carl Barks Library - Set III (USA): (03B-523); Transcription. Small portion. (footnote 32)

Sources

Date: 1984, October 24
Sender: Ken Peterson
Receiver: Geoffrey Blum

Publications:

The Carl Barks Library - Set IV (USA. Arizona, Scottsdale): (page 4B-459; 4B-461); Transcription. Small portion.
The Carl Barks Library of Uncle Scrooge Comics One Pagers in Color No. 2 (USA): Transcription. Small portion. (footnote 2 and 5)

Sources

Date: 1985, June 5
Type: Notes written for The Carl Barks Library
Sender: Carl Barks
Receiver: [Another Rainbow?]

References:

W US 22-02 and The Golden River
W US 25-02 and the Flying Dutchman

Publications:

The Carl Barks Library - Set IV (USA. Arizona, Scottsdale): (page 4A-013); Divided transcription. Large portion. (footnote 1 and 17)

Sources

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Date: 1985, July 15
Sender: Carl Barks
Receiver: Geoffrey Blum

References:

W US 34-01 Mythtic Mystery

Publications:

The Carl Barks Library - Set IV (USA. Arizona, Scottsdale): (04A-015); Transcription. Edited(?) small portion. (footnote 24 and 25) Information taken from (based on) mentioned publication.

Date: 1985, November 17
Type: Notes written for The Carl Barks Library
Sender: Carl Barks
Receiver: [Another Rainbow?]

References:

W DD 26-02 in Trick or Treat

Publications:

The Carl Barks Library - Set II (USA): (page 2C-497); Divided transcription. Small portion. (footnote 3 and 7)

Sources

Date: 1985, November 27
Type: Letter with Barks autograph note written in the margin
Sender: Geoffrey Blum
Receiver: Carl Barks

Publications:

The Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories in Color No. 7 (USA): Transcription. Small portion. (footnote 2) (Large portion or complete?)

Sources

Date: 1985, December 17
Type: letter
Sender: Bill Grandey
Receiver: Geoffrey Blum

References:

calory negating pills

Publications:

The Carl Barks Library - Set VI (USA): Transcription. Small portion.

Sources

Date: 1987, April 29
Type: Notes written for The Carl Barks Library
Sender: Carl Barks
Receiver: [Another Rainbow?]

Description: Notes written for the Carl Barks Library.

References:

The Three Little Wolves
Thru the Mirror
shedlike building being blown apart
Modern Inventions
Donald's Cousin Gus
Timid Elmer
Interior Decorators
Huey, Dewey and Louie
Daisy Duck

Publications:

The Carl Barks Library - Set VII (USA): (07B-437); Transcription. Edited(?) small portion.
The Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney Comics and Stories in Color No. 21.: Transcription. Small portion. (footnote 7)

Sources

Date: 1987, November 13
Type: Notes written for The Carl Barks Library
Sender: Carl Barks
Receiver: [Another Rainbow?]

Description: Notes written for the Carl Barks Library.

References:

Modern Inventions
Mr. Duck Steps Out
Huey, Dewey and Louie
Daisy Duck

Publications:

The Carl Barks Library - Set VII (USA): (07B-295); Transcription. Small portion. (footnote 4)
The Carl Barks Library - Set VII (USA): (07B-426); Transcription. Small portion.
The Carl Barks Library - Set VII (USA): (07B-423); Transcription. Small portion.
The Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Comics and Stories in Color No. 12 (USA): Transcription. Small portion. (footnote 1)

Sources

Date: [1988, or thereabouts?]
Type: Letter, typewritten
Sender: Carl Barks blanket reply

Description: Accompanied with a separate enclosure on which Barks lists three publishers of printed sources that give the most extensive Barks coverage.

Part of this standard-letter reads: "I apologize for having to use this impersonal way of answering such complimentary letters and hope that you will not be offended. Due to the fact that I am still working full time on paintings for a Disney licensee, I cannot adequately answer the many great letters that find their way to my mailbox. I will try to answer several of the most common writers' requests with this 'blanket reply'."

Publications:

Possibly in "Carl Barks - Die Biographie" by Peter Reichelt and Michael Barrier. ("From the Desk of Carl Barks", page 018.) Reproduction. Large portion or complete. (monochrome?)

Sources

Date: 1988, May 24
Type: Letter, typewritten with handwritten beginning
Sender: Carl Barks
Receiver: Peter Reichelt

Publications:

Possibly in "Carl Barks - Die Biographie" by Peter Reichelt and Michael Barrier. ("From the Desk of Carl Barks", page 018.) Reproduction. Large portion or complete. (monochrome?)

Sources

Date: 1988, October 21
Sender: Carl Barks
Receiver: Don Rosa

References:

W OS 62-03 in Mystery of the Swamp
W US 18-02 Land of the Pygmy Indians

Publications:

The Carl Barks Library of Walt Disney's Donald Duck Adventures in Color No. 22: Transcription. Small portion. (footnote 5)

Sources

Date: 1989, March 25
Type: Notes written for The Carl Barks Library
Sender: Carl Barks
Receiver: [Another Rainbow?]

References:

W US 50-01 Rug Riders in the Sky
W US 71-01 King Scrooge the First

Publications:

The Carl Barks Library - Set V (USA): (page 5A-007); Divided transcription. Small portion. (footnote 3 and 4)

Sources

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Date: 1989, July 25
Type: Letter, typewritten
Sender: Carl Barks
Receiver: Peter Reichelt

Additional credits: According to the publication (possibly "Carl Barks - Die Biographie"), this letter contains Barks' explanations of the nude drawing illustration on page 115: "I am very fuzzy at remembering anything as far back as 1939, but your xerox of the nude certainly does look like a drawing I made about that time."

Publications:

Possibly in "Carl Barks - Die Biographie" by Peter Reichelt and Michael Barrier. ("Frauen . 1939-1948", page 116.) Reproduction. Large portion or complete. (monochrome?)

Sources

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