Carl Barks' adult life can be divided into three time periods: the years of different odd jobs, the years as a comic book writer and artist, and the years of painting. These pages will show how the two latter periods have a bridge between them.  Barks drew a great number of stories for Western and a lot of them were later reworked into paintings. The paintings are often amazingly similar to the panels that inspired them. The following pages show most of them. They have each been given a page of their own to show them in reasonable sizes.
The numbers (and titles) used, refer to the most commonly recognized numbering system for Barks' paintings.

 

A corresponding page on front covers vs paintings can be seen HERE.

 

017 Pleasure in the Treasure 060 In Voodoo Land 081 Nobody's Spending Fool
018 Golden Helmet 063 This Dollar Saved My Life at ... 086 Terror of the River
023 Golden Fleece 068 The Goose Egg Nugget 097 Rug Riders Last Flight
037 Vacation Panel 072 El Dorado, Gilded Man 105 Business Long Overdue
038 Flying Dutchman 076 A Hot Defense 110 Menace from the Grotto

 


http://www.cbarks.dk/THECOMPARISONS.htm   Date 2005-09-12