Any artist will at some point in his professional career feel tempted to deliver a caricature of himself in his work and Carl Barks was no exception, although he always hesitated to reveal much about it. Consequently the few examples found below have been gathered subjectively by this website, but it has been great fun to hunt for possible characters bearing Barks' wellknown, likeable face.

 

 


WDCS188

WDCS061


DG26 (the poster)


FC0308

FC0263 (vignet)

FC0199
(the poster)

 

 

Selfportrait signed 1939 or 1940

 

In 1965 Barks sketched these selfportraits in which he dreamt about his upcoming golden years

 

 


http://www.cbarks.dk/THECARICATURES.htm   Date 2002-09-05