>>107607168here you go:
"Many stories revolve around treasure hunts and escapist adventures in exotic settings. But Barks also excelled in clever satire, funny gag-based stories and moralistic, yet never preachy tales. This scope and versatility made him one of the most important and influential comics creators of all time. His stories have all become classics and are still widely read among all ages today. "
https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/barks.htm here's a list of most influential comic writers of all time with carl barks at #3:
http://www.comicscube.com/2010/11/top-ten-most-influential-comics-writers_24.html> What changed after he wrote itInfluence doesn't work like that, but if he influenced Stan Lee, George Lucas, Stephen Spielburg, then you can imagine what we'd be missing today. It's not limited to the adventure genre either: lots of Barks stories take place at home in Duckburg. Duckburg seems to move around the map, sometimes being near oceans, mountains, forests, suffering from blizzards, droughts -- it's like Springfield in the Simpsons. Donald gets a new job every week, like Homer. Mr. Burns clearly has some elements inspired from Scrooge.
If there were no influence to Star Wars, Indy, Simpsons, or Stan Lee, things would be different now.