The VHS was released on 1994 on Finland, from the comic book shop "Good Fellows Ky". There was a 90 minute version, limited to 150 copies, and a regular 60 minute version, both with Finnish subs. The 90 minute version, was also released on US without the Finnish subs. Someone happened to rip this to DVD, and on 2005, I bought that DVD from a Greek fleamarket website. The audio was cleared with audacity, though the source was not the best.
--- 1st PART: INTERVIEW WITH CARL BARKS ----
GENERAL INFORMATION
0:00 Start
0:23 Meeting with Carl Barks
1:08 Talks about family located on Merrill, Oregon
2:18 Were you born on a hospital ?
2:58 Did your father eventually build a house on the property ?
3:20 Do you remember any humorous thing as a child ?
3:37 What was the one room school house ?
5:07 Where that sense of humor comes from ?
6:07 Could you tell us about the work on the farm ?
FIRST STEPS
7:17 Did your family support you to be a cartoonist ?
7:38 Do you remember the first comic book strip that you read ?
8:06 What occupations have you had ?
9:08 How did it come about you sold your first cartoon ?
10:44 You were a freelancer for a while ?
11:01 How did you end up in Minneapolis ?
11:52 How did you end up going from Minneapolis to Burbank ?
DISNEY STUDIO
12:54 In 1935-36, you had some pretty famous Disney people in you art classes.
14:49 Were you able to make Walt Disney do things your way ?
15:29 Did Walt seem to have a knack for story telling ?
16:07 Do you think Walt could have been an artist himself ?
16:44 Did you see that not only was he a genious but also a hard worker ?
ABOUT COMICS
17:11 How did you and Jack Hannah happen to work together on the first Donald Duck adventure comic book ?
19:06 After 7 years at the Disney studio, you went from an air-conditioned artist to a non air-conditioned farmer.
20:01 Talking about Western Publishing wanting to create original Donald stories.
21:34 Was that the famous "Victory Garden" story ? coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=W...
21:48 Was the story "Omelet" related to what was going on your chicken ranch ? coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=W...
23:15 How do you decide when to use a new character ?
24:06 How did it come about that you created the word "Duckburg" ?
24:35 What kind of a place was Duckburg ?
25:15 It seems the money bin moved around too.
RELATIONSHIPS AND PERSONALITIES OF THE CHARACTERS
26:00 What kind of a person is Donald Duck ?
26:33 How did the personalities of the nephews chang over the years ?
27:38 Could you tell us about the Junior Woodchuck manual ?
28:14 Who are the Junior Woodchucks ?
28:34 Can you describe Gyro Gearloose ?
29:25 The little helper was a funny character.
31:11 In 1947, how did you think of Uncle Scrooge ? coa.inducks.org/story.php?c=W...
32:32 What's the relationship between Donald and Scrooge ?
33:40 How about the relationship between Donald and the kids ?
34:29 The later years, the kids become more like the parents.
34:49 What's the relationship between Scrooge and the Beagle Boys ?
STORY STRUCTURE
35:16 Could you tell us about this bronze figurine of Scrooge diving in his money ?
36:19 Who said "No man is poor who can do what he whants to do once in a while" ?
36:57 How did you get the idea for such diverse stories ?
37:42 You seem to keep the word down to a minimum.
39:20 Some of your climaxes would be just build up to a crescendo
39:29 Was it frequent that you would put just one climax or major happening per story ?
40:02 In your stories you teach kids about foreign lands without preaching.
40:50 Your comic covers have nice symmetry. Was this the beginning for your oil paintings ?
ABOUT THE FANS
42:44 Who was the first to send you a fan letter ?
43:49 Officially it was Malcolm Willits that came up and met you personally.
43:58 Have you ever seen Malcolm since those years ?
44:21 Malcolm Willits talks about Carl Barks.
45:37 What do you think about people that analyze your stories and search for hidden meanings ?
OIL PAINTINGS
46:26 How did the non Disney series of oil paintings come about ?
47:04 Who is Billy the Duckling ?
48:01 What was the original prices of those paintings back in the 70's ?
49:18 Howard Lowery talks about Carl's inc and pencil drawings
GENERAL QUESTIONS
50:28 What do you think about the violent comics of today ?
52:17 What is the future of comic books in modern era ?
53:39 Information about your drawing ?
55:46 Talking about Barkster figurine.
57:06 Random questions.
58:36 Did you ever dream of those comics printing 20 million books a month ?
59:19 A special message for your fans ?
---- 2nd PART: CARL BARKS UNPLUGED / CARL BARKS STUDIO UNCOVERED ----
59:47 Beginning of second part
1:00:25 Analyzing "Queen of Sheba"
1:06:24 Work area
1:09:45 Analyzing "Well-Armed Stranger"
1:13:23 Analyzing "Worth a Whole Month's Wages"
1:14:41 Working area
1:18:34 Ending
---- 3rd PART: CARL BARKS STUDIO: BILL GRANDEY & KATHY MORBY -----
1:18:47 Epilogue
2 авг 2024
