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Arthur
Davis 1905-2000
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Art Davis, director and
animator of Warner Bros. cartoons from the 1940s
through the 60s, died in his sleep on Tuesday, May
9th. Among the cartoons he directed are "Bowery
Bugs" (his only Bugs Bunny Cartoon), "Bye
Bye Bluebeard" starring Porky Pig, and numerous
classic Daffy cartoons including "What Makes
Daffy Duck", "The Stupor Salesman" and
"Holiday for Drumsticks".
Before arriving at Warner Bros. in 1943 he had worked
at the Columbia/Screen Gems cartoon studio, and after
his tenure at WB he went on to direct many Pink
Panther and Ant & the Aardvark cartoons for the
DePatie-Freleng studio.
For a complete list of his credits go to
http://us.imdb.com/Name?Davis,+Arthur+(I)
Dick
Sprang 1915-2000
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Courtesy of Gotham Graphics and Comic-art.com
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Dick Sprang, legendary
Batman artist of the 1940s and 50s, died in his sleep
on Wednesday, May 10th. Sprang began pencilling Batman
stories in the early 1940s, at first imitating Bob
Kane's style. Soon however he would develop a
distinctive style of his own, a style which other
artists would emulate for years after his retirement
in 1961. It was this unmistakable look which the
producers of the animated Batman series would use in
the first part of the excellent "Legends of the
Dark Knight" episode. Sprang spent the last years
of his life on his ranch in Arizona, living with his
second wife, Marion, and still pencilling the
occasional piece of artwork that only he could do
best.
Check out Comic-Art.com
for a more in-depth bio.
Information Courtesy of
Brian Cruz
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