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  • Alexander Anderson Jr. dies at 90; created TV cartoon characters Rocky, Bullwinkle and others

    10/26/2010 1:35:36 AM PDT · by thecodont · 21 replies
    Los Angeles Times / latimes.com ^ | October 26, 2010 | By Dennis McLellan, Los Angeles Times
    Alexander Anderson Jr., a pioneer television cartoonist who created the landmark duo of Crusader Rabbit and Rags the Tiger and two of TV's most enduring characters, Rocky and Bullwinkle, has died. He was 90. [...] The nephew of Paul Terry, whose Terrytoons cartoons included "Mighty Mouse" and "Heckle and Jeckle," the Berkeley-born Anderson had apprenticed at his uncle's studio in New Rochelle, N.Y., as a young man before serving in World War II and returned to work there after the war. [...] Anderson then teamed up with his childhood friend and former UC Berkeley fraternity brother Jay Ward, who had...
  • (Vanity) Political Limerick 12-18-2006

    12/18/2006 8:02:46 PM PST · by grey_whiskers · 146+ views
    grey_whiskers ^ | 12-18-2006 | grey_whiskers
    See for example this thread first. (Sadness.) Chris Hayward has died, bless his soul And his passing has left a great hole Who is he? He penned a great childhood friend-- creating Dudley Do-Right's role!
  • ROCKY & BULLWINKLE Animator dies in truck crash...

    12/08/2002 10:40:10 PM PST · by Sir Gawain · 21 replies · 575+ views
    <p>Father Geek here with some tragic uncool news... Long time animator "Tex" Henson has died... I've met TEX many times over the years, listened to his tall-tales for days gone-by in the animation biz, watched as he drew various comic characters for my kids (Harry and Dannie)... he was a great, fun guy full of history and laughs... and a good friend who never turned his back on the fans. As I flip thru my stack of his art that he gave me over the last 30 years I can't help but shed a tear, not only for "TEX", but for the industry he was soooo much a part of... its changed so much...</p>