http://www.metafilter.com/95443/Classic-comic-artists-at-their-drawing-boards/ Comments on MetaFilter post Classic comic artists at their drawing boards. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:51:25 -0800 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:51:25 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/95443/Classic-comic-artists-at-their-drawing-boards <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu1X3N7smJk">Classic Chicago Tribune Cartoonists, 1931.</a> Leapin' lizards! We're in the movies! Excerpt from the documentary <em>From Trees to Tribunes</em>. You can get the whole documentary <a href="http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=from%20trees%20to%20tribunes%20AND%20mediatype%3Amovies">here</a> at archive.org. Classic comic artists at their drawing boards. <br /><br />Cartoonists in the video: <a href="http://www.lib.purdue.edu/spcol/exhibits/mccutcheon/">John T. McCutcheon</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaar_Williams">Gaar Williams</a> <a href="http://learn.lakeforest.edu/archon/?p=collections/controlcard&id=5">Carey Orr</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Smith_%28cartoonist%29">Sidney Smith</a> (The Gumps) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_King_%28cartoonist%29">Frank King</a> (Gasoline Alley)<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Willard"> Frank Willard</a> (Moon Mullins) <a href="http://dangertrail.blogspot.com/2007/05/newspaper-reprints-harold-teen.html">Carl Ed</a> (Harold Teen) <a href="http://www.reuben.org/ncs/members/memorium/branner.jpg">Martin Branner</a> (Winnie Winkle) <a href="http://www.reuben.org/ncs/members/memorium/berndt.jpg">Walter</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Berndt">Berndt</a> (Smitty) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Gray">Harold Gray</a> (Little Orphan Annie) post:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.95443 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:24:19 -0800 marxchivist comics newspapercomics chicagotribune haroldgray littleorphanannie http://www.metafilter.com/95443/Classic-comic-artists-at-their-drawing-boards#3269030 Great post. We'll never see the likes of them again. Bill Watterson, Berkeley Breathed and Patrick McDonnell not withstanding... comment:www.metafilter.com,2010:site.95443-3269030 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:51:25 -0800 Quasimike