Carl Barks has always been seen as a one-man army when it comes to the making of his stories. And it is certainly true that he dreamed up, wrote, sketched, pencilled, and inked most of his work in contrast to many of his contemporary colleagues who often made their stories in teams. The reason for this Barksian 'deviation' was simple; he loved to reside in the tranquillity of his own home and arrange his days as he saw fit. He would have felt utterly restricted working normal hours in his employer Western Publishing's offices - which all their other artists did - because he worked in a special way. Barks' typical workday started at 1 p.m. and ended at 10 p.m. with rests in between. For the rest of the day - and sometimes during the night - his mind would not stop working with new ideas. That kind of invaluable freedom was the background for his colossal production of highly inventive and excellently drawn stories.
Still, even Barks had helpers and assistants for his stories from time to time. Some were welcomed and some were thrust upon him. This page gives examples from both sides.

NB.: This page will only concentrate on people who, in different ways, contributed to Barks' work. This means that the extensive research he exercised through different media such as The National Geographic Magazine and Encyclopaedia Britannica is not a topic although Barks extracted volumes of detailed knowledge for his stories from these publications.