From 1978 to 1980 Carl Barks did not hold a license to paint the Disney ducks, so in that period of time he created a great number of adventurous and appealing paintings in several other categories. The largest one Barks grandiosely referred to as Famous Figures of History as they might have looked if their Genes had gotten mixed with Waterfowl. In the category he placed his special versions of diverse famous characters from real life, mythology, and the Bible. Many of the characters were subjected to Barks' humourous wordplay on their real names.
On this page you are presented to a broad selection of authentic characters divided into their best known careers in the broad sense of the term, i.e. jobs, livelihoods, metiers, or occupations. Each section contains 2 examples (there might well be more to choose from), and they bear loosely divided headers meaning that several of the characters could easily have been placed in other sections as well.
 

LEADERS 02-78 Attila the Duck 06-78 Teddy Goosevelt	SHERIFFS 15-78 Sheriff of Tombstone 38-78 Bat Masterson
GAMBLERS 18-78 Dangerous Dan McGoose 03-79 Riverboat Gambler	LAWYERS 33-78 J. Pierpont Mallard 43-78 Sir William Blackstone
ENTERTAINERS 17-78 Klondike Kate 25-78 Klondike Kate and Troupe	BUSINESSMEN 19-78 J. Edgar Honker 13-79 'Bring 'em Back Alive' Frank Duck
OUTLAWS, FEMALE 16-78 Calamity Jane 26-78 Belle Starr, Outlaw Queen	OUTLAWS, MALE 05-78 Billy the Duckling 10-78 Billy the Duckling at Work
KILLERS 01-79 The Vikings 07-79 The Diligent Headhunter	CRIMINALS 41-78 The Pied Piper 10-79 Fu Chandu
MANIPULATORS 23-78 Blackstone the Great 06-79 Witches of Salem	GOLD DIGGERS 34-78 The Lady known as Lou 04-79 Belle of the Yukon
GUNMEN 24-78 Tom Horn, Bounty Hunter 28-78 Luke Short, Undertaker's Friend	FREEDOM FIGHTERS 03-78 Robin Hood Duck 11-78 Robin Hood Super Archer
PIRATES 20-78 Blackbeard the Pirate 31-78 Captain Kidd the Pirate	HUNTERS 08-78 Buffalo Bill Cooty 08-79 The Mountain Man
SCIENTISTS 12-79 Ben Frankloon 02-80 Geography's Founders	MUSICIANS 32-78 The Nashville Establishment (04-80) Frederic Pintail Chopin*

EKSTRA

Barks produced many sketches and long lists of the famous characters targeted for his waterfowl paintings. This is a small selection of the ones that were never produced:                   Marco Polo Duck Stradivarius Duck Rip van Duck Lancelot de Loon William Drakespeare Paul Bunyan Johnny Appleseed The Wright Brothers Isaac Newton Tutankhamon Stanley and Livingstone Robinson Crusoe Paul Revere Ringo Kid

 

 

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Date 2018-08-15