Jack Bradbury

John Morin "Jack" Bradbury (December 27, 1914 – May 15, 2004) was an American animator and comic book artist.

For the rugby league footballer, see Jack Bradbury (rugby league).
Jack Bradbury
BornJohn Morin Bradbury
(1914-12-27)December 27, 1914
Seattle, Washington, United States
DiedMay 15, 2004(2004-05-15) (aged 89)
Sylmar, California, United States
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Cartoonist
Spouse(s)Mary Jim Bradbury[1]
Children3

Bradbury began working for Disney at age 20 and was responsible for key scenes in films like Pinocchio, Fantasia, and Bambi. After working briefly for Friz Freleng at Warner Bros., he began working for Western Publishing in 1947, illustrating Little Golden Books, other children's books, and comic books for the Dell Comics and Gold Key Comics imprints along with the Disney Studio Program. Reportedly, Walt Disney told Western that they didn't need his approval for any of Bradbury's work. Also, Bob Clampett specifically requested Bradbury to illustrate the comic book adaptation of his show Time for Beany.

Career

According to the book Walt's People - Volume 3: Talking Disney with the Artists who Knew Him by Didier Ghez, which presents a full reprint of an interview with Jack conducted by Klaus Strzyz in 1978, he never considered himself a "very good duck man", preferring to draw stories with Mickey and Goofy. When Mr. Strzyz asked him about the quality of 1940s, 1950s and 1960s Disney comic stories in comparison with the 1970s ones, he answered that the then later ones were far better in terms of quality, the only exception being Barks' old ones. He also affirmed that he felt embarrassed when he saw some of his own early works.

Although he didn't have a very good opinion about his own work with Donald and his family, Bradbury drew important and popular stories with them, like "Family Tree".[2] And some of those ones presented noteworthy one-off characters as well, such as Blarney O'Duck (a cunning and obstinate sea captain),[3] Cousin Daniel Duck (an old sheriff with rheumatism),[4] Dick Duck (a self-important and terribly frank private detective),[5] Myron O'Duck (a scoundrel who almost married Grandma Duck),[6] and Aunt Myrtle (an absurdly strong but nice aunt of Daisy).[7]

Eye problems forced Bradbury to cut back on his output after 1970, though he still continued to work on a few projects for Disney.

He died in 2004 from kidney failure.

Filmography
Year Title Credits Characters
1940PinocchioAnimator
FantasiaAnimator - Segment "The Pastoral Symphony"
1942BambiAnimator
1943Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk (Short)Animator
1944Meatless Flyday (Short)Animator
Stage Door Cartoon (Short)Animator

References
  1. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-may-26-me-jack26-story.html
  2. Inducks - Page to the comic story Family Tree
  3. Inducks - Page to the comic story Redbeard's Pirate Plunder
  4. Inducks - Page to the comic story Daredevil Deputy
  5. Inducks - Page to the comic story On-the-job-jitters
  6. Inducks - Page to the comic story Too Much Mush
  7. Inducks - Page to the comic story A Relative Problem
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