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{{short description|American cartoonist}}

'''Robert Louis Karp''' (1911–1975) was an American [[comics]] writer.

== Career ==
Karp began working for the [[Walt Disney Company]] in the 1930s, and from 1938 to 1974, he wrote the scripts for the daily ''[[Donald Duck (comic strip)|Donald Duck]]'' newspaper strips which were illustrated by [[Al Taliaferro]] and, after Taliaferro's death in 1969, by [[Frank Grundeen]].

Karp also scripted the comic book ''[[Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold]]'', the first American [[Donald Duck]] adventure comic. The story was based on an unproduced Walt Disney Studio animated feature, and was illustrated by  [[Carl Barks]] and [[Jack Hannah]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Becattini |first1=Alberto |title=Disney Comics: The Whole Story |date=2016 |publisher=Theme Park Press |isbn=978-1683900177 |page=38}}</ref>

Karp's brothers, Hubie and Lynn, were in the comics field as well. Bob (writer) and Lynn (illustrator) created the newspaper strip ''The Middles,'' which ran from 1944 to 1955 through [[Consolidated News Features]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Holtz |first1=Allan |title=American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide |date=2012 |publisher=The University of Michigan Press |location=Ann Arbor |isbn=9780472117567 |page=265}}</ref>

Karp was also responsible for scripting ''[[Disney comics|Merry Menagerie]]'', the 1947-1962 Disney comic panel about animals.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Holtz |first1=Allan |title=American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide |date=2012 |publisher=The University of Michigan Press |location=Ann Arbor |isbn=9780472117567 |page=259}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{Inducks author|BKa}}
* [https://www.comicsvalue.com/php/m-detaildata.php?itemnr=321523439481# Example of ''The Middles'']

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