Hey Rocky, Watch me Pull a Dead Cartoonist Out of My Hat
(Kudos to Jon)
Alex Anderson, the artist who spent 30 years getting screwed by Jay Ward, has died at the age of 90 of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. A boyhood friend of Ward, Anderson had worked on Ward’s first cartoon, Crusader Rabbit, then was the first to draw Rocket J. Squirrel, Bullwinkle J. Moose and Dudley Do-Right. A 1991 documentary about the enduring affection for the old cartoon didn’t mention Anderson, prompting him to sue Jay Ward Productions to force acknowledgment that he was “the creator of the first version of the characters,” plus a cozy retirement package. Ward had similarly boned Ted Key, creator of Mr. Peabody and Sherman.
Alex Anderson, the artist who spent 30 years getting screwed by Jay Ward, has died at the age of 90 of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. A boyhood friend of Ward, Anderson had worked on Ward’s first cartoon, Crusader Rabbit, then was the first to draw Rocket J. Squirrel, Bullwinkle J. Moose and Dudley Do-Right. A 1991 documentary about the enduring affection for the old cartoon didn’t mention Anderson, prompting him to sue Jay Ward Productions to force acknowledgment that he was “the creator of the first version of the characters,” plus a cozy retirement package. Ward had similarly boned Ted Key, creator of Mr. Peabody and Sherman.
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