Awards
- The Shazam Award for Best Writer (Humor Division) in 1970
- The Academy of Comic Book Arts Hall of Fame Award in 1973
- The Inkpot in 1977 from the San Diego Comic Con
- Inducted into the Eisner Awards Hall of Fame in 1987.
- Inducted into the William Randolph Hearst Cartoon Hall of Fame.
- The Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Award for Favorite Writer in 1996.
- The Walt Disney Company bestowed a Duckster award in 1971 and their Disney Legends award in 1991
- The series Carl Barks Library received the Comics Buyer's Guide Fan Award for Favorite Reprint Graphic Novel/Album for 1996.
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