The Unhappy Castle by Ken Hultgren

The Unhappy Castle from Ha Ha Comics #56

by Ken Hultgren, an animator who worked on Disney classics 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' and 'Bambi.'

Ken Hultgren went on to draw comics throughout the 40s 50s and 60s…from the ACG funny animal titles to the Mickey Mouse comic strip, and even Flintstones and Archie Comics.

Ken Hultgren remained an animator all during this time, and continued until his death in 1968.

 

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His work lives on in the classic drawing book, “The Art of Animal Drawing,” which has been in print since 1951. Great book, by the way.

More Ken Hultgren goodies HERE:

The Know-How of Cartooning was Hultgren’s first book, and you can find many beautiful scans from this book at:
http://arglebarglin.blogspot.com/2006/06/ken-hultgren-on-cartooning.html

How to Breathe Life into Your Artwork

Recently, I've had the pleasure of being a guest on a couple really cool podcasts. The first one is called The Idiot Engine, a very in-depth examination of creating comics, the philosophy of art, and self-publishing. My old pal Ted Seko has been hosting this show for quite a while, and it always makes for great listening.

The topic of this show is, "how to breathe life into your artwork."

http://paperengine.blogspot.com/2010/04/idiot-engine-episode-27-how-do-you.html

Ted and I talk about all the things that have worked for us during the course of our cartooning careers.

I guess this is pretty normal for podcasts, but the conversation steers off-topic a number of times for some interesting rabbit trails into the minds of the couple of guys that draw to live and live to draw.