The most important and rewarding of Carl Barks' comic book abilities was his unparalleled imagination. It was used eloquently in all aspects of the creative process from the first stage of dreaming up a plot line to the last stage of drawing the panels. One of Barks' 'trademarks' was his almost uncanny ability to create all sorts of characters down to the most obscure secondary ones that would stick in your mind mainly because of their inventive and often unusual appearances. Some of these characters and figures stood out as being even more memorable - namely the ones that Barks invented chiefly for fun. The freaky ones. A character can look freaky in different ways from almost plain looking individuals to sheer monstrosities, but Barks always managed to impart them with interesting and disarming appearances.
When you have browsed the examples (they have been loosely divided into two main groups in the sub-pages) you will probably be surprised to realize how a great deal of the freaky creations do not seem that strange to you after all. This is because you have gotten used to them, but they are still very strange!