January 12, 2005

The Irv Spence Blog

Daily visual inspiration for the rest of '05. Sweet! Here's an awesome BLOG where somebody ("Filboid Sudge") is uploading the 1944 day-by-day illustrated diary of animation great Irv Spence. Irv was an animator in Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera's Tom & Jerry unit at the time, and he kept the diary throughout the entire year of '44, documenting daily events at MGM and in his personal life. This was during the height of WWII so there's plenty of references to victory gardens, gas shortages and the like. I've seen the entire diary and there's beautiful energetic drawings throughout, somewhat reminiscent of George Lichty's newspaper comic GRIN & BEAR IT.


Posted by AMID at January 12, 2005 02:01 AM