Walter Lantz’ Andy Panda in “Meatless Tuesday”
For the first time in a long while on Cartoon Research, here is an animator breakdown of a Walter Lantz Cartune.
Tag Archives: LaVerne Harding
La Verne Harding: Hollywood in a ’54 Red Mercury
Harding was the first female animator in Hollywood and she exerted a strong design influence on the Walter Lantz characters, including Woody Woodpecker.
LaVerne Harding: Drawing with Resolve
Harding was part of a collective effort by the Universal animators that resulted in Walter Lantz taking his studio fully independent, just one of the many understated accomplishments of this remarkable woman.
Cynical Susie, a Fix-it Feminist
What did Susie of the comics pages have in common with her creator, animator LaVerne Harding? She fixed things. And maybe more than anyone thinks.
La Verne Harding and “Cynical Susie”, 1934
Her name appeared daily on this syndicated comic strip, yet she gave it all up for her budding career as an animator at Universal.
Walter Lantz’ “The Beach Nut” (1944)
Today, the Lantz studio introduces a new comic foil for Woody Woodpecker! On paper, the concept for this cartoon seems thin, but director Shamus Culhane provides one of the finest…
