This just in from Gunnar Andreassen:

[Found on ebay:

A nice Laurel & Hardy mug by Ferdinand Horvath.]

This just in from Gunnar Andreassen:

[Found on ebay:

A drawing by "Grim", probably Natwick,  of Mae West.]

 

A few drawings seen on ebay recently and attributed to John Sewall.

I like this little gag drawing currently being sold on ebay, but is it genuine? Was there really an A. Metcalfe working at the Studio in 1936?

This just in from Leslie Brooks:

[I have hundreds of animators gag drawings in my collection. There are many of them in which I can identify both the artist and the subjects of the drawings. However there are also a fairly substantial number for which I can identify only the artist or the subject or neither. I am looking for some help in this area.

For instance, in the first attached drawing, it’s pretty obvious that the subjects are Walt & Ub Iwerks. The question is WHO drew it? It might have been Ub himself or it may have been someone else. Considering how few artists were working at the time, in this case, the artist could only be one of a very small handful of people.

For later gags the “pool” of people is MUCH larger & it becomes tougher to identify both the artist & subjects. For instance, I can not figure anything for the “Pugsley Pout” drawing but the “Pulling Stockings” drawing looks like it could be by Freddy Moore. This may be an art class drawing so the subject would not be someone who could be identified.

In the case of “I Just Seen”. The people are Walt & Fred Kopietz and I think it was drawn by Kopietz.]

Can anyone help?

Leslie can be contacted at wabbithole@comcast.net

He was kind enough to send me many other gag drawings that I will post on the blog within the next few days and weeks.

John (Ren and Stimpy) Kricfalusi draws Mickey Mouse

This just in from Jim Korkis.

Here's a cartoon that appeared in BALLYHOO magazine in 1934. Cartoonist James Trembath drew it. He was from Pennsylvania and active in the early part of the 20th Century.

Jim Korkis located it on the blog Booksteve's Library, that I also would like to thank for it.