I loved looking at Carl Bark's work. Bark's style was what I felt most familiar with, since I grew up watching the Disney films. It was very cool to see that his drawing style is what influenced the ages to come; all of his drawings were so full of life and exaggerated that I felt as if I could trace a lot of Disney's master's styles through Carl Barks. I feel like if you look at some of Carl Bark's drawings in Carl Barks and the Art of the Comic Book, you can even see some drawings where it looks like Glen Keane could've pulled some of his influences.
I enjoyed how his comics were always very playful, and utilized the extremes; for example, Donald will do whatever is necessary to get what he wants, no matter the cost. This creates a character that the audience will love based on the sole fact that they are over the top. I found Bark's comics to be extremely different from Tintin in more ways than just the style. Story wise, Tintin focused a lot of the panels on the journey; there would be a lot of mini problems that would happen along the way, and often were believable problems. It also played more with word gags, where as Bark's comic was a lot more visual and each problem (and solution) was pushed to the extreme. I personally liked the content of Bark's more, as it was more playful and you knew that the worst was going to happen, whereas TinTin played it very safe at times.
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