Comments on: Ed Benedict (1912-2006), RIP http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/08/31/ed-benedict-1912-2006-rip/ The official blog of the new Chronicle book CARTOON MODERN: STYLE AND DESIGN IN FIFTIES ANIMATION. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:30:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Kathy Westling http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/08/31/ed-benedict-1912-2006-rip/#comment-917 Mon, 04 Sep 2006 17:15:56 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/08/31/ed-benedict-1912-2006-rip/#comment-917 Anne - So sorry to hear about your dad but I remember watching him draw cartoons when we were in elementary school! Email me at info@cucptsa.com. Anne - So sorry to hear about your dad but I remember watching him draw cartoons when we were in elementary school! Email me at info@cucptsa.com.

]]> by: Anne McCallum http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/08/31/ed-benedict-1912-2006-rip/#comment-916 Mon, 04 Sep 2006 16:58:55 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/08/31/ed-benedict-1912-2006-rip/#comment-916 Kathleen, I certainly remember you! Would love to hear from you too! Kathleen, I certainly remember you! Would love to hear from you too!

]]> by: Kathy Westling http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/08/31/ed-benedict-1912-2006-rip/#comment-911 Mon, 04 Sep 2006 10:51:28 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/08/31/ed-benedict-1912-2006-rip/#comment-911 Anne - Great to hear about you too! We grew up together at Overland Elementary and then you moved to Carmel. Would love to hear from you - Kathleen Kirkpatrick Westling Anne - Great to hear about you too! We grew up together at Overland Elementary and then you moved to Carmel. Would love to hear from you - Kathleen Kirkpatrick Westling

]]> by: Anne McCallum http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/08/31/ed-benedict-1912-2006-rip/#comment-910 Mon, 04 Sep 2006 08:40:10 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/08/31/ed-benedict-1912-2006-rip/#comment-910 thank you all for your kind comments and fond rememberances about my father. i would like to point out that he is survived by me and my children Michael and Lisa in addition to my brothers Allan and Don, Don's children Derek and Peter, and my aunt Miriam and uncle Bill thank you all for your kind comments and fond rememberances about my father. i would like to point out that he is survived by me and my children Michael and Lisa in addition to my brothers Allan and Don, Don’s children Derek and Peter, and my aunt Miriam and uncle Bill

]]> by: Tom Fennell http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/08/31/ed-benedict-1912-2006-rip/#comment-908 Sun, 03 Sep 2006 21:10:06 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/08/31/ed-benedict-1912-2006-rip/#comment-908 I remember my father Paul Fennell and Ed discussing Fred Flintstone at Ed's table in at his LA home. My father had a habit of sitting down at the artists' table in his La Cienega studio and doing 'hands on' critiques - much to the consternation of the artists. Ed absolutely refused to let my father do this at his own home - though I could hear my father almost begging him for this auspicious privelege. Finally Ed allowed my dad to do a little tissue overlay while standing - my father's apparent need to draw was satiated, Ed could hold his head high with a Flintstone sketch unmolested - and I could remember this with a fond memory of two good friends able to work things out in the world of high stakes animation. Thank you Ed. I remember my father Paul Fennell and Ed discussing Fred Flintstone at Ed’s table in at his LA home. My father had a habit of sitting down at the artists’ table in his La Cienega studio and doing ‘hands on’ critiques - much to the consternation of the artists. Ed absolutely refused to let my father do this at his own home - though I could hear my father almost begging him for this auspicious privelege. Finally Ed allowed my dad to do a little tissue overlay while standing - my father’s apparent need to draw was satiated, Ed could hold his head high with a Flintstone sketch unmolested - and I could remember this with a fond memory of two good friends able to work things out in the world of high stakes animation. Thank you Ed.

]]> by: Fred Seibert http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/08/31/ed-benedict-1912-2006-rip/#comment-907 Sat, 02 Sep 2006 19:54:54 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/08/31/ed-benedict-1912-2006-rip/#comment-907 When I first became president of Hanna-Barbera in 1992, John Kricfalusi took me to school on the great things at the studio that had been forgotten over the years. Number one on his list, and soon on mine, was Ed. My future wife and I took a trip up to Carmel for a visit with Ed and his wife, and like everyone else has reported, they were gracious, welcoming, opinionated, curmudgeonly, all at once. We stayed in touch occasionally over the years, and I sent not a small number of fans his way. Ed was one of those guys who reminded me constantly why it's great to be in the cartoon business. We'll all miss you Ed. Sincerely, Fred Seibert When I first became president of Hanna-Barbera in 1992, John Kricfalusi took me to school on the great things at the studio that had been forgotten over the years. Number one on his list, and soon on mine, was Ed. My future wife and I took a trip up to Carmel for a visit with Ed and his wife, and like everyone else has reported, they were gracious, welcoming, opinionated, curmudgeonly, all at once. We stayed in touch occasionally over the years, and I sent not a small number of fans his way.

Ed was one of those guys who reminded me constantly why it’s great to be in the cartoon business.

We’ll all miss you Ed.

Sincerely, Fred Seibert

]]> by: just a dad in new york http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/08/31/ed-benedict-1912-2006-rip/#comment-905 Sat, 02 Sep 2006 15:30:58 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/08/31/ed-benedict-1912-2006-rip/#comment-905 this a man who will live forever my 5 year old can watch any show she wants and on her own all she wants to see is ED BENEDICT cartoons whe i ask her why she says they look better and i always learn somthing. i think it is safe to say his work has and will stand the test of time. The world has lose a great tresure H.G. Braun (just a fan and a DAD) this a man who will live forever
my 5 year old can watch any show she wants and on her own all she wants to see is ED BENEDICT cartoons whe i ask her why she says they look better and i always learn somthing.
i think it is safe to say his work has and will stand the test of time.

The world has lose a great tresure

H.G. Braun (just a fan and a DAD)

]]> by: Mike G http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/08/31/ed-benedict-1912-2006-rip/#comment-904 Fri, 01 Sep 2006 20:55:30 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/08/31/ed-benedict-1912-2006-rip/#comment-904 May I convey my deepest sympathy to the family of the great Ed Benedict. His work and influences will live on forever in the hearts of many. His life has touched mine and I felt a great loss with the news of his passing. Thank you for coloring my life with your gift of masterful work Mr. Benedict! May I convey my deepest sympathy to the family of the great Ed Benedict. His work and influences will live on forever in the hearts of many. His life has touched mine and I felt a great loss with the news of his passing. Thank you for coloring my life with your gift of masterful work Mr. Benedict!

]]> by: handsintheair.net http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/08/31/ed-benedict-1912-2006-rip/#comment-903 Fri, 01 Sep 2006 15:17:36 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/08/31/ed-benedict-1912-2006-rip/#comment-903 I love Ed's art, and it's so easy for people to take his style for granted considering he pretty much defined Hanna-Barbera's golden-age style. Quick Draw McGraw (and El Kabong) has always been my favorite. When you think about it, I don't think anyone before or since has figured out how to anthropomorphize a horse properly and make it stand upright the way that Ed did. He'll be missed, but he influenced so many animators and cartoonists that his legacy will always be present. I love Ed’s art, and it’s so easy for people to take his style for granted considering he pretty much defined Hanna-Barbera’s golden-age style. Quick Draw McGraw (and El Kabong) has always been my favorite. When you think about it, I don’t think anyone before or since has figured out how to anthropomorphize a horse properly and make it stand upright the way that Ed did. He’ll be missed, but he influenced so many animators and cartoonists that his legacy will always be present.

]]> by: A.J Hagan http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/08/31/ed-benedict-1912-2006-rip/#comment-902 Fri, 01 Sep 2006 03:19:59 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/08/31/ed-benedict-1912-2006-rip/#comment-902 My earliest memory is telling my mother how animated cartoons were made. I watched the HB cartoons on "Sheriff John" when I got home from kindergarten (1966-7). I had a pad of yellow manila paper and drew a crude series of Augie Doggie waving his arms. I then told my mother how such drawing would then be cut-out, painted, and pasted to the backgrounds, then photographed one frame at a time. I told her that what I wanted to be when I grew up was an animator. I was five at the time. I have since learned animate cartoons are a little more complicated than my five-year old brain comprehended. I never became a good enough draftsman to pursue my ultimate dream, but I did study enough to become afairly decent actor. Animators are "actors with a pencil;" I figured I'd become the second best thing. While Mr. Benedict may have disparaged his HB work, I found his designs to be charming and unique. He influenced my cartooning tremendously. Oh Hell, he influenced my life. My earliest memory is telling my mother how animated cartoons were made. I watched the HB cartoons on “Sheriff John” when I got home from kindergarten (1966-7). I had a pad of yellow manila paper and drew a crude series of Augie Doggie waving his arms. I then told my mother how such drawing would then be cut-out, painted, and pasted to the backgrounds, then photographed one frame at a time. I told her that what I wanted to be when I grew up was an animator. I was five at the time.

I have since learned animate cartoons are a little more complicated than my five-year old brain comprehended.

I never became a good enough draftsman to pursue my ultimate dream, but I did study enough to become afairly decent actor. Animators are “actors with a pencil;” I figured I’d become the second best thing.

While Mr. Benedict may have disparaged his HB work, I found his designs to be charming and unique. He influenced my cartooning tremendously.

Oh Hell, he influenced my life.

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