Paul Murry
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Paul Murry (November 25, 1911, Saint Joseph, Missouri — August 4, 1989, Palmdale, California) was an American cartoonist and comics artist. He is best known for his Disney comics, which appeared in Dell Comics and Gold Key Comics from 1946 to 1984.
Like many Disney comic book artists Murry started his career working at the Walt Disney Studios. During his time there he was an assistant to legendary animator Fred Moore. In the 1940s, Murry worked on Disney newspaper strips. He began to work on comic book material in 1946, at first moonlighting as a freelancer, but eventually became a full-time comic book artist by 1949.
He is best known for his rendition of Mickey Mouse and associated characters. This includes serials starring Mickey and Goofy in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories. Many of these serials were written by Carl Fallberg. Murry also drew such characters as Donald Duck, Uncle Scrooge, Brer Rabbit, and others. The Phantom Blot and Super Goof comic books contained many Murry stories.
Besides Disney, Murry also drew Woody Woodpecker comics, the Buck O'Rue comic strip (written by Dick Huemer), and gag cartoons.
[edit] Further reading
Profili Album Paul Murry: Mice, Ducks and Cheesecake (Glamour International, 2002). Includes a generous selection of Murry's girlie cartoons done in the 1950s along with a sequence from the Buck O'Rue western comic strip Murry did with writer Dick Huemer from 1951-1953. The book has text in Italian and English.
[edit] Trivia
Murry's first published Mickey Mouse story was "Mickey Mouse and the Monster Whale," in Vacation Parade #1 (July 1950).
[edit] External links
- More information on Paul Murry
- Buck O'Rue page on Huemer family website
- Paul Murry in the I.N.D.U.C.K.S.
- Paul Murry in Lambiek's Comiclopedia
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