When reading a funny-animal comic book one is never in any doubt as to which mood the characters are in at any given time - their faces and body language clearly show it. Barks was unsurpassed in using both subtlety and exaggeration when drawing the characters' many moods.
Below are only a few chosen different states of mind in order to illustrate the characters' ups and downs. Of course Donald Duck's hotheadedness takes a prominent place among the varied expressions.

 

 

JOY


WDCS131
 
WDCS245
 
U$15
 
WDCS141

 

DETERMINATION

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WDCS107
 
U$15
 
U$20

 

THOUGHTFULNESS

WDCS185
 
WDCS131
 
WDCS189
 
WDCS152

 

GRIEF

FC456
 
WDCS187
 
FC456
 
WDCS134

 

SWOON

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WDCS148
 
WDCS152
 
WDCS092

 

FEAR

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U$62
 
U$33
 
WDCS080

 

ANGER

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U$15
 
U$23

 

ANGER - 1st STAGE

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WDCS192
 
WDCS067
 
WDCS092

 

ANGER - 2nd STAGE

WDCS040
 
WDCS092
 
WDCS207
 
WDCS152

 

ANGER - 3rd STAGE

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WDCS064
 
FG1947
 
FG1947

 


http://www.cbarks.dk/THEEXPRESSIONS.htm   Date 2002-04-05