thebirthdayscalendar

All human beings have a date on which they can celebrate their yearly birthday. But this is not necessarily the case with comic book characters. Their dates of birth are usually shrouded in veils. In the Disney universe you will only find three characters whose birthdays are officially recognized. And none of those three (Donald Duck, Mickey and Minnie Mouse) started their lives as babies. They all entered the scene as adults!

How does one establish a plausible date of birth for the characters Carl Barks used in his comic books? Well, one could simply take the date when the first story for a certain character was created - which in practice constitutes the date the story was received at the publishing company - and let that particular date be the birthday. (If the character was 'born' in a cartoon, the first release date would be the date to choose.)
So here is the list of primary Disney characters - drawn by Barks - following the normal calendar year. Maybe it will someday be officially recognized...

MONTH	DATE	NAME	FIRST REGISTRATION
January	06 09	The Chickadees Daisy Duck	1955 - WDCS149 1937 - cartoon 'Don Donald'
February	02 09 15 24	Flintheart Glomgold Little Helper Black Pete Neighbor Jones	1956 - U$15 1956 - U$15 1925 - cartoon 'Alice Solves the Puzzle' 1943 - WDCS034
March	17 20	Bolivar (Bornworthy) John D. Rockerduck	1938 - newspaper strip 1961 - WDCS255
April	01 17 17	Clarabelle Cow Emily Quackfaster Magica de Spell	1930 - newspaper strip 'Death Valley' 1961 - U$36 1961 - U$36
May	05 09 25 27	The Beagle Boys Gus Goose Goofy Big Bad Wolf	1951 - WDCS134 1938 - cartoon 'Donald's Cousin Gus' 1932 - cartoon 'Mickey's Review' 1933 - cartoon 'Three Little Pigs'
June	09 30	Donald Duck April, May, June	1934 - cartoon 'The Wise Little Hen' 1952 - WDCS149
July	22 25	Scrooge McDuck General Snozzie	1947 - FC0178 1957 - WDCS213
August	11 15 23 31	Clara Cluck Gladstone Gander Gyro Gearloose Junior Woodchucks	1934 - cartoon 'Orphans Benefit' 1947 - WDCS088 1951 - WDCS140 1950 - WDCS125
September	18 27	Glittering Goldie Grandma Duck	1952 - FC0456 1943 - newspaper strip
October	17 23	Huey, Dewey, Louie Dumbo	1937 - newspaper strip 1941 - cartoon 'Dumbo'
November	12 18 18	Brer Fox Mickey Mouse Minnie Mouse	1946 - cartoon/movie 'Song of the South' 1928 - cartoon 'Steamboat Willie' 1928 - cartoon 'Steamboat Willie'

JUST HOW OLD IS SCROOGE?

Well, it depends. According to the calendar he was born in 1947 and this seemed to be agreeable to Barks who celebrated Scrooge's 50th birthday in 1997 with a cake (left). But taken into account Scrooge's many adventures way back in time the one-pager from U$12 comes nearer to the truth. Scrooge is treating the family to a cake celebrating his 75th birthday (right). Knowing that the story was registered in 1955 we can deduce that Scrooge was born in 1880...