LEE HOOPER
Alberto's Funny Animal Artist Gallery No. 6
LEE HOOPER
Leroy C. Hooper nasce a Chicago, Illinois, il 18 settembre 1917 da Logan ed Evie Hooper. La famiglia risiede a Big Mound, nella
contea di Wayne, Illinois.
Nel 1938 Hooper entra allo Studio Disney con il ruolo di character designer. Contribuisce, tra l'altro, al lungometraggio Fantasia.
Con la stessa mansione passa nel 1940 allo studio di animazione di Leon Schlesinger, dove resta fino al 1943.
Dopo il servizio militare (durante la guerra è di stanza in Germania), nel 1946-50 è assistente di Gus Arriola per la strip Gordo.
Nel 1950 comincia a disegnare storie per i comic books della Western Printing, pubblicati con etichetta Dell, dedicandosi soprattutto
ai personaggi Disney. In particolare, disegna numerose storie con il piccolo amerindio Little Hiawatha (Penna Bianca). È anche disegnatore e/o
inchiostratore e letterista di storie con personaggi di Warner Bros. (Bugs Bunny, Tweety & Sylvester), MGM (Tom & Jerry, Barney Bear, Big Spike and Little Tyke) e Walter Lantz (Andy Panda). La collaborazione con la Western prosegue fino al 1960, anche con alcuni libri illustrati con i personaggi di Hanna-Barbera.
Dal 1969 al 1973 è assistente di Gene Hazelton per chine e lettering delle serie quotidiana e settimanale di The Flintstones.
Nel 1978-79 inchiostra diverse storie dei Flintstones e di Yogi Bear per i comic books della Marvel su matite di Dick Bickenbach.
Scompare a Santa Ana, in California, il 21 dicembre 2003.
Leroy C. Hooper was born September 18, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois, to Logan and Evie Hooper. The family resided in Big Mound, Wayne county, Illinois.
In 1938 Hooper joined the Disney Studio as a character designer. He contributed to the animated feature Fantasia. He moved to the Leon
Schlesinger studio in 1940 staying until 1943.
After military service (he was in Germany with the U.S. troops during WW2), he assisted Gus Arriola on the Gordo newspaper strip from 1946-50.
In 1950 he started drawing stories for comic books published by Western Printing with a Dell label, mainly featuring Disney characters. He drew several stories starring the diminutive native American Little Hiawatha. He also drew and lettered stories featuring Warner Bros. (Bugs Bunny, Tweety & Sylvester), MGM (Tom & Jerry, Barney Bear, Big Spike and Little Tyke), and Walter Lantz characters (Andy Panda). His collaboration with Western went on until 1960, and it also included pencil art on Hanna-Barbera children's books.
From 1969-73 Hooper assisted Gene Hazelton on the Flintstones daily and Sunday newspaper strips.
During 1978-79 he inked several Flintstones and Yogi Bear stories for Marvel comic books, over pencils by Dick Bickenbach.
Hooper passed away in Santa Ana, California, on December 21, 2003.
FILMOGRAFIA / FILMOGRAPHY
Studio: DISNEY 1938-1939
Designer dei personaggi, Model Sheets / Character Designer, Model Sheets
13/11/1940 Fantasia
Studio: LEON SCHLESINGER/WARNER BROS. 1940-1943
Designer dei personaggi, Model Sheets / Character Designer, Model Sheets
1941-1944 Cortometraggi non identificati / Unidentified shorts
FUMETTOGRAFIA / COMICOGRAPHY
COMIC BOOKS
Editore/Publisher: DELL (alias K.K. PUBLICATIONS, WESTERN PRINTING)
Andy Panda and Charlie Chicken - Andy Panda #41 [solo chine - matite di / inks only - pencils by Pete
Alvarado] (1958).
Barney Bear with Fuzzy and Wuzzy - Tom and Jerry Comics #146, 168 (1956/58).
Big Spike and Little Tyke - Tom and Jerry Comics #146-151 (1956-57).
Bozo the Clown - Bozo [the Clown] #2-7 (1951-52); Four Color #464, 508, 551, 594 (1953-54).
Bugs Bunny - Bugs Bunny #44 [solo chine - matite di / inks only - pencils by Tony Strobl] (1955).
Calendario illustrato / Illustrated Calendar - Mickey Mouse Almanac #1 (1957).
Donald Duck - Donald Duck #43 [solo chine - matite di / inks only - pencils by Tony Strobl] (1955).
Donald's Table Trick - Mickey Mouse Almanac #1 (1957).
Giochi Illustrati / Illustrated Games - Four Color Comics #439 (1952); Mickey Mouse Almanac #1 (1957).
Goofy - Four Color Comics #627 (1955) [solo chine - matite di / inks only - pencils by Tony Strobl].
Grandma Duck's Farm Friends - Four Color Comics #763 [solo chine - matite di / inks only - pencils by Pete Alvarado] (1957); #873 [solo chine - matite di / inks only - pencils by Tony Strobl] (1958).
The Impatient Elf - Christmas Parade #3 (1951).
Li'l Davy - Donald Duck Beach Party #5 (1958).
Little Pancho Vanilla - Tweety and Sylvester #22 [chine/inks: Steve Steere] (1958).
Little Hiawatha - Four Color Comics #439 (1952); WDC&S # (1950).
Mickey Mouse - Christmas Parade #3 (1951); Four Color Comics #334, 411 (1951/52); Mickey Mouse #54 [solo chine - matite di Tony Strobl], 55 (1957); Wheaties Premiums #A-5 (1950).
The Milky Way - Four Color Comics #475 (1953).
Pluto - WDC&S #154 (1953); Wheaties Premiums #A-8 (1950).
Porky Pig - Porky Pig #39 [solo chine - matite di / inks only - pencils by Fred Abranz] (1955).
Sunflower's Canoe - Four Color Comics #439 (1952).
Tom and Jerry - Tom and Jerry Comics #146, 148-151 (1956-57).
Tweety and Sylvester - Looney Tunes #203 (1958); Tweety and Sylvester #21 [solo chine - matite di / inks only - pencils by Pete Alvarado], 22 (1958).
Editore/Publisher: MARVEL
Copertine - The Flintstones #6-9 [solo chine - matite di / inks only - pencils by Dick Bickenbach] (1978-79); The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera #2 [solo chine - matite di / inks only - pencils by Dick Bickenbach] (1978); Yogi Bear #6-9 [solo chine - matite di / inks only - pencils by Dick Bickenbach] (1978-79).
The Flintstones - The Flintstones #6-9 [solo chine - matite di / inks only - pencils by Dick Bickenbach] (1978-79).
Yogi Bear - Yogi Bear #6-9 [solo chine - matite di / inks only - pencils by Dick Bickenbach] (1978-79).
Yogi Bear's Easter Parade - The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera #2 [solo chine - matite di Dick Bickenbach] (1978).
FUMETTI PER QUOTIDIANI / NEWSPAPER STRIPS
Editore/Publisher: HANNA-BARBERA PRODUCTIONS/McNAUGHT SYNDICATE
The Flintstones - Strisce quotidiane / Daily strip 1969-1973 [chine e lettering - matite di / inks and lettering - pencils by Gene Hazelton].
The Flintstones - Tavole settimanali / Sunday page 1969-1973 [chine e lettering - matite di Gene Hazelton].
Editore/Publisher: UNITED FEATURE SYNDICATE
Gordo - Strisce quotidiane / Daily strip 1946-1950 [chine e lettering - matite di / inks and lettering - pencils by Gus Arriola].
Gordo - Tavole settimanali / Sunday page 1946-1950 [chine e lettering - matite di / inks and lettering - pencils by Gus Arriola].
LIBRI ILLUSTRATI / BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS
Editore/Publisher: COWMAN PUBLICATIONS
Finger Fun - Songs and Rhythms for the Very Young (1955) - Illustrazioni / Illustrations.
Thy Brother's Blood (1961) - Illustrazione della sovraccoperta / Dust jacket illustration.
Editore/Publisher: WHITMAN [aka WESTERN PRINTING]
Tell-a-Tale - Yogi Bear and the Super Scooper #2642 (1961) [solo matite - colori di / pencils only - color art by Richard Thomas; Pubblicato anche come / Also issued as #2649].
