Today we are going to love the work of Jack Bradbury, a legend in great kids’ comics from the Golden Age! This story, featuring one of his signature characters, Tuffy the Cat, comes to us from Coo-Coo Comics No. 33 – May, 1943.
Mr. Bradbury began his art career as an animator for Walt Disney Studios in 1934 around the age of 20. He worked as an “in-betweener” (the animator who creates all the drawings between the extremes of the action of a cartoon character), eventually working up to larger features. Mr. Bradbury worked as an animator on “Pinocchio” (1940), “Fantasia” (1940), and “Bambi “(1942). He left Disney after the animation strike of 1940, worked at an aircraft factory briefly, went to work for the animation department at Warner Brothers and eventually worked the remainder of his career in comics.
During the 1940s, Mr. Bradbury drew comics for Better Publications (Nedor/Better/Standard/Pines) which produced Coo Coo Comics and many other fantastic titles. Bradbury began for Western Publications in the late 1940s, where he would illustrate many Disney Characters for Dell Four Color (Comics).
Jack Bradbury exemplifies the extremely high standard of kids’ comics cartooning in the Golden Age, where artists like Dan Gordon, Al Hubbard, Lynn Karp, Ken Hultrgren, Jack Bradbury, Jim Davis, Otto Feuer, Howie Post, Carl Barks, and many others provided the kids of America with consistently beautiful work.
Here, just look at Mr. Bradbury’s gorgeous, organic work in this funny animal take on the tale Aladin's Lamp!
Well, that's all for now, Kids! Coming up: Let’s do another story from Coo Coo Comics (1947) this time highlighting the work of Al Hubbard and his take of Supermouse!
I will see you all again very soon. Until then, I hope you are all warm, safe, and happy!
--Your friend, Mykal
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