Donald Duck And Uncle Scrooge: Somewhere In Nowhere

by Carl Barks, John Lustig

This book features the first American printing of "Somewhere in Nowhere," the final Disney story that the legendary Carl Barks had a hand in. John Lustig wrote the story based on Carl's notes and Pat Block drew it based on many of Carls art notes. The back-up story is a reprint of Barks' classic Uncle Scrooge tale, "North of the Yukon," upon which "Somewhere in Nowhere" is loosely based.

Genres: Comics

64 pages, Paperback

First published October 29, 2005

About the author

Carl Barks was an American cartoonist, author, and painter. He is best known for his work in Disney comic books, as the writer and artist of the first Donald Duck stories and as the creator of Scrooge McDuck. He worked anonymously until late in his career; fans dubbed him "The Duck Man" and "The Good Duck Artist". In 1987, Barks was one of the three inaugural inductees of the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame.
Barks worked for the Disney Studio and Western Publishing where he created Duckburg and many of its inhabitants, such as Scrooge McDuck (1947), Gladstone Gander (1948), the Beagle Boys (1951), The Junior Woodchucks (1951), Gyro Gearloose (1952), Cornelius Coot (1952), Flintheart Glomgold (1956), John D. Rockerduck (1961) and Magica De Spell (1961).
He has been named by animation historian Leonard Maltin as "the most popular and widely read artist-writer in the world". Will Eisner called him "the Hans Christian Andersen of comic books." Beginning especially in the 1980s, Barks' artistic contributions would be a primary source for animated adaptations such as DuckTales and its 2017 remake.

Reviews

[Jameson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Allegedly this is Carl Barks’ last duck story. He wrote the plot and helped develop some other elements and gags. The afterwords by the writer and artist talking about their working relationship with Barks—or lack thereof—was more interesting than the story itself. That was too long and didn’t feel special in any way. A few highlights but not something I need to ever read again. Funnily enough, a 10 page story that stuck closer to the original synopsis would have been more interesting I think.