A real treat for any animator. Being a devotee of the original Looney Tunes, I have developed something of a curiosity over Ken Harris. Mainly, because he is cited by so many animators, and yet info on him is scarce. This website should hopefully fill in that curiosity of an animator who managed to animate some of Chuck Jones’ cartoons all by himself.

There’s some great drawings in there by Bob Cannon and Rudy Larriva!

Who’s the big-nosed guy with the terrible overbite that they drew so many pictures of?

The Seeing Stars clipping also mentions Tony Strobl, whose name I recognise from Donald DUck comics. I always thought his stuff was a little stiff …especially compared to Barks’…..but then again, whose cartooning wouldn’t be?

Duh… that’s supposed to be him. (face is red)

Interesting thing I notice in the pic on Cartoon Brew: The images in the background include drawings of the little owl from “The Egg Collector”, the kitten from “The Night Watchman”, and characters from “Little Pancho Vanilla”… I didn’t know Harris worked on a Tashlin cartoon.

On his lightboard it looks like a character, possibly Porky Pig getting trampled. (I wonder if it’s not from Porky’s Midnight Matinee, Porky’s Cafe, or Porky’s Ant… I’ll have to go watch those now to find out).

Now that I think about it, Dan Backslide (from “The Dover Boys Of Pimento University”) bears an uncanny resemblance to Harris!

Seen this gem?

What a prize!

I don’t have it in front of me, but I think that’s the drawing in a oft-printed photo of Harris looking in his mirror at the drawing board.