During his time as an employee at
the Disney Studios from 1935 to 1942 Carl Barks would
occasionally contribute ideas and gags for other departments. It
was a common practice back then - encouraged by Walt Disney
himself - that the employees were free to provide different sorts
of relevant ideas for their colleagues in other offices. Barks
did so several times, but exactly which ideas and gags he
provided - and how many of them were actually used - will forever
remain unknown. Some of the unused ones from that time have
surfaced, though, (see more HERE), and most fans
remember how Walt Disney personally gave Barks a week's salary
for an idea used in the cartoon Modern
Inventions.
In 1938 Barks earned some extra money for ideas to the ongoing,
daily Donald Duck newspaper strip, which was managed by writer
Bob Karp (who later kickstarted Barks' comic book career by
letting him and Jack Hannah draw a story from his Pirate Gold
film script (see more HERE)) and artist Al
Taliaferro (see more HERE). Barks came up
with 12 accepted gag situations, for which he was paid between 2.44
and 9.80 dollars each, and they are presented below...
| May 25, 1938 |
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NO, I WON'T
GIVE
YA MONEY FOR CANDY!THEN WILL
YOU PUT SOME MONEY IN OUR BANK?
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OKAY! IT'LL
TEACH YA TO SAVE! |
THANKS,
UNCA
DONALD! |
ZIP! |
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| June 10, 1938 |
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NO
SWIMMING |
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| June 27, 1938 |
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WILL YOU
BUY THIS RADIO WE FOUND, UNCA DONALD? |
I WOULD IF
IT MATCHED MY FURNITURE! |
BAM!
CRASH!
SOCK! |
NOW IT
MATCHES, UNCA DONALD! |
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| July 2, 1938 |
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RAT-A-TAT... |
I'LL FOOL
HIM!
HELLO! SEND UP A LOAD OF SHEET IRON! |
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BRR-R-R... |
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| July 6, 1938 |
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I GOTCHA
NOW, WOODPECKER! |
YOU'RE SOON
TO BE SQUAB ON TOAST - YA DARNED PEST! |
RAT-TAT-A... (COOK
BOOK)
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| July 25, 1938 |
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Z-Z-Z... |
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| October 25, 1938 |
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YOU CAN
HAVE THEM!
I'M THROUGH WITH
GOLF PLAYING! |
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| October 27, 1938 |
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HOW ABOUT A
DIME IF I MAKE A HOLE IN ONE, UNCA DONALD? A DIME? I'LL
GIVE YA A DOLLAR!
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OH BOY!
THANKS, UNCA DONALD! |
(RUBBER
BANDS) |
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| November 26, 1938 |
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MADAM - DO
YOU WANTA BUY A
POTATO MASHER?NO!
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...BUT MADAM! .........OUCH!! |
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| January 10, 1939 |
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WHAT? GOIN'
FISHIN' WITH A BOTTLE OF WATER? YEP - THAT'S
RIGHT!
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| February 4, 1939 |
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...YOU KIDS
HAVE THAT
...SNOW OFF THE ROOF
...WHEN I GET BACK!...LISTEN! PSS-S-ST...
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POW!
RATTLE! THUMP! YOU HEARD
ME!
OPEN THIS DOOR
NOW - DARN YOU!
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THANKS,
UNCA DONALD! |
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| February 6, 1939 |
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DO YA THINK
YOUR INVENTION TO PULL A SLED WILL WORK, UNCA
DONALD? SURE IT WILL!
I START THE MOTOR...
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AND LOWER
THE WHEEL INTO THE SNOW! |
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| http://www.cbarks.dk/THESTRIPGAGS.htm |
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Date 2008-10-12 |
