Happy centennial birthday to Bill Peet (1915-2002) who was born in Grandview, Indiana, exactly one hundred years ago today.
If I ever had to name the artists who were most responsible for establishing the Disney feature animation style, Peet would rank very near the top of the list. Of course, animation is a collaborative art form, which makes even more remarkable the amount of influence that he single-handedly exerted upon the classic Disney films as both a story artist and designer. It’s a measure of his talent that he was able to make significant creative contributions for a span of twenty-five years on everything from Dumbo (1941) through Jungle Book (1967).
and John Canemaker’s 
which contains an entire chapter devoted to Peet.
