Carl Barks had many talents he used to construct his comic book stories. He could write adventures that would stick in your mind and he could illustrate them in such a way that you may never forget them. To top it all he had a marvellous imagination when it came to inventing appropriate and descriptive names for his many characters.

Every reader in his country will have favourite names in his native tongue but - of course - this page deals with Barks' own inventions only. So take a trip among a very few of the multitude of colourful names created by a wonderful mind...

WDCS067 Swansdown-Swoonsudden

WDCS090 Angina Arthritis

WDCS209 Applecheeks Teengiggle

FC0199 Blacksnake McQuirt

U$64 Whan Beeg Rhat

U$69 Snake McViper

WDCS092 Pulpheart Clapperhead Professor

U$16 Mesmer J. Spellcaster Hypnotist

U$57 Brainerd Brainmore Physicist

FC0328 Porko de Lardo

U$41 Porkman de Lardo

WDCS179 Porkmuscle J. Hamfat

WDCS145 Rockjaw Bumrisk Debtor

U$23 Longhorn Tallgrass Tycoon

U$64 Char Ming (Soy Bheen) Prince (Farmer)

In two stories - WDCS188 and WDCS245 - Barks used a number of human characters. Here are some of them...
Ramjet Rocketflash Sprinter	Trestleman Truckhorse Shot-putter	Fulldrip Pulpbugle Javelin thrower	Whirlman Dervish Discus thrower
Jayne Girlsfield Actress	Snarlin Grando Actor	Tallin de Saddle TV-star	Gasmore Gravytrain Politician

Barks outdid himself with character names on two occasions.
FC0328 Don Gaspar Fernando Ignacio de Sepulveda y' Verdugo y' Buenaventura	WDCS308 Mrs. J. Crowsfoot Dryskin of Turtleneck-On-The-Mohawk