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===Disney=== Fallberg began working at Disney Studios in 1935. Early in his career, he worked as an assistant director and storyman on the Disney animated features [[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]], [[Fantasia (1940 film)|Fantasia]], and [[Bambi]].<ref name=hill>{{cite web|last=Hill|first=Jim|title=Carl Fallberg and the Lost Disney Book|date=10 September 2003 |url=http://jimhillmedia.com/alumni1/b/jim_korkis/archive/2003/09/11/1062.aspx|accessdate=17 September 2011}}</ref> He transitioned to working on [[Disney comics|Disney comic books]] for Dell Publishing and was noted for scripting many of the [[Mickey Mouse]] serials illustrated by [[Paul Murry]] that appeared in ''[[Walt Disney's Comics and Stories]]'' from the early 1950s to 1962. During this time, Fallberg and Murry produced almost all of those serials in Walt Disney Comics and Stories. After 1962, Murry frequently worked with other writers, but collaborations between him and Fallberg would occasionally appear until 1973. Besides his work with Murry, Fallberg also freelanced, writing and illustrating Disney comic books featuring [[Li'l Bad Wolf]], [[Jiminy Cricket]], [[Ludwig Von Drake|Professor Ludwig Von Drake]], [[Scrooge McDuck]], [[Mickey Mouse]], [[Donald Duck]], [[Gyro Gearloose]], [[Goofy]], [[Chip 'n' Dale]], and many others. From 1963 to 1989, Carl also wrote scripts for the [[Disney comics#Disney Studio Program|Disney Studio Program]], and from 1974 to 1985, he wrote scripts for the comic strips ''[[Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales]]'' (Sunday) and the [[Disney Christmas Story]] daily strips that appeared each December. The last comic book story Carl wrote for Disney was ''"Goofy the Kid"'' in 1990.<ref name=hill /> Carl's "special" Disney projects included writing the promotional comics ''Adventure in Disneyland'' (1955) for Richfield Oil and ''Mickey and Goofy Explore Energy'' (1976) for Exxon, which he later redesigned to promote the Epcot Universe of Energy attraction. He wrote the ''Sears Winnie the Pooh Coloring Book'' in 1975, contributed to ''The Wonderful World of Disney'' (1969β70), a [[Gulf Oil]] giveaway magazine, and provided the text for two of Whitman's ''[[Big Little Book series|Big Little Books]]'': ''Donald Duck and the Luck of the Ducks'' and ''Donald Duck and the Fabulous Diamond Fountain''.<ref name=hill />
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