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Thursday, December 16th, 2010

Biography: Heinrich Kley

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Heinrich Kley was born in 15 of April of 1863, in Karlsruhe, in Germany having studied in the Academy of Karlsruhe with Ferdinand Keller and immediately afterwards with Frithjob Smith in Munique. Its initial works had been illustrations, paintings of landscapes, scenes of interiors, pictures and nature-deceased, Between 1888 and 1894 it sent its pictures for expositions in Munique.
After 1908 decide to dedicate itself exclusively to the drawing ink. Its drawings had been published in satirical magazines and are characterized by subjects of the antiquity as well as of the modern industrial life, always marked for grotescs and erotics aspects. Its workmanships had been published in Simplissimus and Junged and had gotten immediate success.
Its drawings possess one character satirical few times equaled, the acidity of the content, the mobility of the line, and the expressivity of the composition makes of its work one of most representative of the satirical drawing, and even so he is not valid to place it in a restricted position as cartunist or caricaturist, we can in fact consider it as such.
The expressives qualities of the graphism of Kley as well as its mood in send the James to them Ensor, and even so its workmanship is almost that exclusively dedicated to the graphical arts, also we can point out it as a great pictorial master whose original solutions are of the interest of all the ones that if interest for visual arts.
In Brazil we have J. Carlos, a true master of the line and that, little recognized in the exterior the category of one of the great graphical masters of century XX can be transported, and that as Kley also it possesss interesting graphical solutions for all.
Heinrich Kley after the decade of twenty if consecrated the advertising and produces incessantly until its disappearence in 1945 (probably), its drawings possesss graphical characteristics that had been lost practically nowadays, to a large extent due to the easy linearism searched by the graphical artists.

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Thursday, December 16th, 2010

Biography: T. S. Sullivant

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Birth/Death

Birth: 1854, Columbus, Ohio ?Death: 1926

Occupation/Title

Caricaturist/Cartoonist/Illustrator

Bio Summary

Sullivant did not seriously pursue his art until the age of 33. His work appeared in periodicals such as Truth, Puck, Judge, Harper’s Weekly and Bazar, Texas Siftings and Time. He is known primarily for his work in Life.

Early Life/Family

His father was William Starling Sullivant, renowned bryologist. T.S. Sullivant left Columbus at age 18, and lived for several years in Europe. After this time, he lived in Philadelphia.

Education/Training

In 1887, Sullivant studied briefly at the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts. Sullivant apprenticed himself to E.B. Bensell “an illustrator of the old school, who drew on the wooden block” according to V. Robard author of “The Caricatures of T.S. Sullivant” from Godey’s Magazine
Vol. CXXXV, No. 807, Sept. 1897 (http://john-adcock.blogspot.com/2008/03/t-s-sullivant.html)
Career Outline

1896 – “Fables for the Times” in Life (published afterward as a book)?Worked for Puck during the 1890’s?Worked for Judge around 1900?Worked for William Randolph Hearst: 1904- 1907?Continued working for Life: 1911-1926

Comments On Style

Sullivant emphasized the features or traits he intended to ridicule through enlargement of such parts, which Robard described Sullivant accomplished though “a manner most modern and most individual.” Beyond Sullivant’s exaggeration of parts, Robard further described Sullivant’s style as having “great simplicity of line, an infrequency of cross-hatching, and a general openness of treatment. His lines are direct, strongly black…and rarely broken up…Sullivant always takes some unexpected view-point.”?According to director Stephen Worth, “He pioneered many of the elements of caricature and anthropomorphism that we now take for granted.”?(http://www.animationarchive.org/2007/03/biography-father-of-cartooning-t-s.html)?According to animator Andreas Deja, “Sullivant had a truly unique style of animal and human caricature, incorporating an element of surprise into every one of his drawings. To emphasize certain personality traits, he used the most amazing methods of distortion which makes it seem as if we’re looking at his creations through a fish eye lens. He also demonstrates a very keen understanding of lighting, with a rendering technique that gives his characters a quite believable presence. His style remains unique; he never lapses into formulas. He maintains a brilliant originality in all of his mature work.” ?(http://www.cartoonbrew.com/old-brew/ts-sullivant-and-andreas-deja)

Influences

Sullivant admired John Leech’s drawings since childhood.

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Thursday, December 16th, 2010

Biography: Alex Toth

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Birth/Death

June 25, 1928, NYC; Died May 27, 2006, Burbank, California

Occupation/Title

American artist/comic book designer

Bio Summary

Alex Toth was an American cartoonist who not only worked in the comic book industry but also designs for many animated series. Initially aspiring to creatye newspaper strips but opted for comic books. Eventually he made the transitions to animated cartoon industry. He participated in production of Hanna-Barbera shows like Super Friends, Birdman, Space Ghost and The Herculoids.

Early Life/Family

Toth was recognized by one of his teachers in his junior high school poster class. Since then, he pursued illustration as a career. At the age of 15, he sold his first artwork. His first job was illustrating for Heroic magazine.

Education/Training

High School of Industrial Arts

Career Outline

1943: Illustrations for Heroic Magazines for Famous Funnies shop?1947-1952: National/ DC Comics?1952: Romance comics for Standard Comics?1954: Jon Fury for Depot Diary in Tokyo, Japan?1956-1960: Dell Comics ?1960: Space Angel animated show?1960-1968: Storyboard/ design artist for Hanna-Barbera?1973: Production on Super friends in Australia

Comments On Style

Toth’s contributed to the comic book world by gving us the Golden Age design of DC Super Hero, The Flash. It is this style of drawing that had also proivided many audiendce with the ideal of a super hero physique, as seen with Space Ghost and Birdman.

Influences

Although known for his adaptability, Toth has been compared to Will Eisner and Jack Kirby

Personality

Toth was a very observant outspoken person whose passion made him very critical of the industries he worked in.

Anecdotes

”It could be comics if those who know how to paint also knew how to tell a story! Who knew what pacing was, and didn’t just jam a lot of pretty pictures together into a page, pages, and call it a story, continuity! It ain’t!”- Alex Toth Interview- Comic Book Artist#10- TwoMorows Publishing

Miscellaneous

Alex Toth’s original design for Birdman were later used in Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim’s Primetime show, Harvey Birdman Attorney at Law.

Filmography

“Jonny Quest” (layout artist) (1 episode, 1965)
“Space Ghost” (1966) TV series (character designer) (unknown episodes) (layout artist) (unknown episodes)
Jack and the Beanstalk (1967) (TV) (layout artist)
“Birdman and the Galaxy Trio” (1967) TV series (character designer) (unknown episodes)
“Shazzan” (1967) TV series (character designer) (unknown episodes)
“Fantastic 4” (character designer) (1 episode, 1967)
“The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” (character designer) (1 episode, 1968)?- The Eye of Doorgah (1968) TV episode (character designer)
“Skyhawks” (1969) TV series (layout artist) (unknown episodes, 1969)
“Josie and the Pussy Cats in Outer Space” (1972) TV series (special model designer) (unknown episodes, 1972)
“Sealab 2020” (1972) TV series (special model designer) (1972)
“Super Friends” (character designer) (16 episodes, 1973) (animation supervisor) (1 episode, 1973)
“Devlin” (1974) TV series (character designer) (unknown episodes, 1974)
“Clue Club” (1976) TV series (character designer) (unknown episodes)
“The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour” (character designer) (16 episodes, 1976)
“The All-New Super Friends Hour” (character designer) (15 episodes, 1977)”The All-New Super Friends Hour” (character designer) (15 episodes, 1977)
“Scooby’s All Star Laff-A-Lympics” (1977) TV series (character designer) (1977-1979)
“Challenge of the SuperFriends” (1978) TV series (character designer)
“Battle of the Planets” (1978) TV series (character designer: “7-Zark-7”)
“Dynomutt Dog Wonder” (1978) TV series (character designer) (1978)
“Space Ghost Coast to Coast” (1994) TV series (original character designer) ?”Thundarr the Barbarian” (character designer) (10 episodes, 1980)
“Cartoon Planet” (1995) TV series (original character designer) ?

Honors

1981: Inkpot Award from Comic Con, San Diego
1990: Jack kirby Hall of Fame inductee?#7 of “10 Most Influential Comic Book Artists of All Time” by Wizard Magazine

Related Links

www.tothfans.com

Bibliographic References

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Wikipedia; Comic Book Resources; Tom Spurgeon

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Melvin Young

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