Barksian

Barks·ian
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UK/ˈbɑːksɪ.ən/US/ˈbɑɹksi.ən/

adjective

Of or pertaining to Carl Barks (1901–2000), American cartoonist and author, or his works.

Scrabble 14

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adjectiveBarksian (comparative more Barksian, superlative most Barksian)

comparative more Barksian · superlative most Barksian

  1. Of or pertaining to Carl Barks (1901–2000), American cartoonist and author, or his works.

    In Barksian comics, much movement occurs. A movement from A to B constitutes an accomplishment involving the five phases illustrated above. […]

    2013, Nancy Pedri, Laurence Petit, “Window of Attention and Aspectual Profile: General Rules”, in Picturing the Language of Images, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, published 2014, →ISBN
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    Barksian swashduckery and Kellyesque marsupial mayhem certainly deserve their worldwide recognition, but neither the Great Duck Man nor the Precocious “Poplorist” of Pogo can compare to George Carlson's vast, eclectic legacy of games, gags, and good-spirited amusements.

    2014, George Carlson, Perfect Nonsense: The Chaotic Comics of Goofy Games of George Carlson, Fantagraphics Books, →ISBN, Introduction, page 8

    […] However, he broadly overgeneralizes his categorizations of “dialects”: Every style in North American comics that does not resemble either Jack Kirby's (“Kirbyan”) or Carl Barks's (“Barksian”) is subsumed under the term “independent.”

    2016, Maike Sarah Reinerth, Jan-Noël Thon, Subjectivity across Media: Interdisciplinary and Transmedial Perspectives, Routledge, →ISBN, Notes

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