"Carl Barks, the guy that used to draw the Scrooge McDuck comics, is one of the finest narrative cartoonists ever. They reprint 'em still. Carl Barks is one of my heroes. He lives in Florida, he's like 90 years old and retired. He does oils of the ducks. They're beautiful, done in such wonderful style, such tremendous light to it. The stories are so great, great ideas. Land of the Incas and all those incredible Beagle Boys plots....No man is truly happy unless he can do what he likes to once in a while. I like to dive into my money bin, burrow around in it like a gopher, jump up and down in it like a porpoise, and throw it in the air and let in fall on my head."
-- Jerry Garcia in the Nov '77 - Feb '78 issue of Relix

*In the orginal interview, which seems to take place backstage in 1977, the name appears as 'Carl Bangs'. I don't know if Garcia misspoke, or if the interviewer misnoted, and Barks never did live in Florida. But this is vintage Garcia enthusiasm, wide-ranging, thoughtful, and twinkling.