Carl Barks invented the Duck universe. He wrote Donald and Scrooge stories from 1942 (starting at the age of 40) to 1966. While many people in my generation may not know about him people they do know as popular story tellers (Like George Lucas who writes the into for this volume) were influenced by Barks. One of the great story tellers of the 20th century in America and one of the great cartoonists. ( )