one of the most popular comic artist of all time was forced to remain anon until the final years of his life. he influenced Tezuka, among others. I mean... Tezuka! need more?
in the zenith of his production, he was known as The Duckman, because a contract with Disney corp didn't allow him to get credit of his work.🧵

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gosh.. thanks for sharing this. there's so much to the duck. he credited walt disney in his paintings?

I think you refer to the watermark in the right corner?
It was probably added for the digitalized picture.  original oil seems to be signed be carl barks and nothing else.