Carl Fallberg wrote comic books for Dell Comics, Western Publishing, and Gold Key Comics.
16 Facts About Carl Fallberg
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Carl Fallberg was the middle child of three, with an older sister Lisa Lina "Dixie" and younger sister Elinor Faith.
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In 1934, Carl Fallberg sent a letter with samples of his gag ideas and artwork to Walt Disney asking for employment.
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Becky and Carl were married at First Unitarian Church in Los Angeles, California on July 14,1945 and had one child, Carla Larissa Fallberg, born in 1955.
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Carl Fallberg had a lifelong passion for the "narrow gauge" railroad lines connecting the mountain mining towns of Colorado.
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From his early days at Disney, Carl Fallberg shared his enthusiasm for Colorado's narrow gauge railroads with Ward Kimball and the Grizzly Flats Railroad, and brought the theme to numerous comic books he wrote, such as the Mickey Mouse story "The Vanishing Railroad".
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Carl Fallberg moved to working on Disney comic books for Dell Publishing, and was noteworthy for scripting most of the Mickey Mouse serials illustrated by Paul Murry that appeared in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories from the early 1950s to 1973.
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Carl Fallberg specialized in creating colorful characters inhabiting the various exotic locales that often reflected his love of railroads.
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Besides working with Murry, Carl Fallberg freelanced to write and illustrate Disney comic books of Li'l Bad Wolf, Jiminy Cricket, Professor Ludwig Von Drake, Scrooge McDuck, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Gyro Gearloose, Goofy, Chip 'n' Dale, and many others.
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The last comic book story Carl Fallberg wrote for Disney was "Goofy the Kid" in 1990.
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Carl Fallberg wrote the Sears Winnie the Pooh Coloring Book in 1975, contributed to The Wonderful World of Disney Gulf Oil giveaway magazine and provided the text for two of Whitman's Big Little Books: Donald Duck and the Luck of the Ducks and Donald Duck and the Fabulous Diamond Fountain.
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From 1972 through 1981, Carl Fallberg worked as a storyman and story director on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon television shows: Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space, Scooby-Doo, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids, Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch, The All-New Popeye Hour, Laugh-a-Lympics, The Three Robonic Stooges and The Kwicky Koala Show.
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Carl Fallberg wrote for the Hanna-Barbera comic books of: The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, and The Jetsons.
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From 1953 through the early 1970s, Carl Fallberg wrote for the Warner Bros.
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Also in this time period, Carl Fallberg wandered back into animation working on the Warner Bros.
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For Walter Lantz, Carl Fallberg wrote Woody Woodpecker, Andy Panda, Chilly Willy, and Homer Pigeon comic books.