Tony Strobl
Tony Strobl | |
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Born | Anthony Joseph Strobl May 12, 1915 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
Died | December 29, 1991 Ohio, U.S. | (aged 76)
Nationality | American |
Area(s) | Cartoonist |
Anthony Joseph Strobl (
Biography
After finishing his education, Strobl became impressed enough by
In 1942, Strobl saved a seven-year-old girl from drowning while working for an Army propaganda unit. He returned to animation after the war, but moved over to the comics field, and after a few commercial artist jobs, he started working for Western Publishing in 1947.
At Western, he illustrated primarily
Some of those ones presented noteworthy one-off characters that were involved with distinct members of the Duck Family, such as Minny Pearl Beauregard, a country lady who had vowed to become Scrooge McDuck's bride after being saved from drowning by him;[2] Charlie, an old school chum of Daisy Duck who became a distinguished jet pilot and almost became her fiancé;[3] and Vonda Von Duck, a female citizen of the fictional country of Zonrovia who at first had enjoyed very much a photo of Donald Duck that he sent to her.[4] Besides, four peculiar cousins of Scrooge had spotlighted appearances in four classic comic stories drawn by Strobl, respectively. Wee Angus McDuck,[5] Cyril McDuck,[6] Lurch McDuck (aka Sheik Beak),[7] and Rufus Fuddleduck.[8] Strobl also illustrated some stories written by Carl Barks after the latter's 1966 retirement. The most significant of these ones are "King Scrooge the First" and "Pawns of the Loup Garou".[9][10]
In addition to Disney, Strobl illustrated comics with several other characters, such as Bugs Bunny and Woody Woodpecker.
Strobl died in Ohio in 1991.
In the Hall of Fame series of hardcover books devoted to the greatest Duck (and Mouse) comics artists, published in Norwegian, Danish and Swedish by
According to the book Walt's People - Volume 3: Talking Disney with the Artists who Knew Him by Didier Ghez, which presents a full reprint of an interview with Tony himself made by Klaus Strzyz in 1980, the prolific cartoonist got used to the idea of seeing Disney publishing comic stories without giving credit to their respective creators, but not without having a little resentment. He affirmed that he never felt himself overshadowed by Carl Barks's popularity, especially because he worked with a larger number of characters throughout his career. Strobl also revealed in this same interview his admiration for the works of Carl Barks (the best of all, according to him), Jack Bradbury and Ralph Heimdahl.[11]
References
- ^ "United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J1WL-9JD : accessed 4 March 2013), Anthony J Strobl, 29 December 1991.
- ^ Coa Inducks - Page to the comic story I. O. U. ... But Who?
- ^ Coa Inducks - Page to the comic story A Clean Sweep
- ^ Coa Inducks - Page to the comic story His Unroyal Highness
- ^ Coa Inducks - Page to the comic story One For The Whammy
- ^ Coa Inducks - Page to the comic story The Search for Cyril
- ^ Coa Inducks - Page to the comic story The Doony Desert Dilemma
- ^ Coa Inducks - Page to the comic story The Fuddleduck Diggin's
- ^ Coa Inducks - Page to the comic story King Scrooge the First
- ^ Coa Inducks - Page to the comic story Pawns of the Loup Garou
- ^ "Ralph Heimdahl". lambiek.net. Retrieved 2016-03-08.