Comments on: Lew Keller (1912-1996) http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/09/11/lew-keller-1912-1996/ The official blog of the new Chronicle book CARTOON MODERN: STYLE AND DESIGN IN FIFTIES ANIMATION. Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:20:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Marty Weil http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/09/11/lew-keller-1912-1996/#comment-948 Mon, 09 Oct 2006 13:54:10 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/09/11/lew-keller-1912-1996/#comment-948 It's great to see ephemera like this in the spotlight. The items I feature on www.ephemera.typepad.com dovetail nicely with this post. Just wanted to say I enjoyed seeing this featured on your blog. Very interesting. Nice work. It’s great to see ephemera like this in the spotlight. The items I feature on www.ephemera.typepad.com dovetail nicely with this post. Just wanted to say I enjoyed seeing this featured on your blog. Very interesting. Nice work.

]]> by: Jenny http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/09/11/lew-keller-1912-1996/#comment-943 Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:21:29 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/09/11/lew-keller-1912-1996/#comment-943 Just gorgeous stuff. Thanks for posting these. Just gorgeous stuff. Thanks for posting these.

]]> by: Amid http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/09/11/lew-keller-1912-1996/#comment-940 Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:53:04 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/09/11/lew-keller-1912-1996/#comment-940 To the best of my knowledge, yes, those are Keller's. For example, I believe the commercial with the fisherman are his designs (I think I even have an art director annual around here that credits him for that commercial). I'll post a Patin drawing tomorrow from somebody else's collection, which I also believe is a Keller drawing. I also have a hunch that he designed the Sun model sheet for UPA'S OUR MR. SUN (1953) - portion of model sheet is <a HREF="http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2005/12/06/the-appeal-of-fifties-animation-design/">HERE</a>. To the best of my knowledge, yes, those are Keller’s. For example, I believe the commercial with the fisherman are his designs (I think I even have an art director annual around here that credits him for that commercial). I’ll post a Patin drawing tomorrow from somebody else’s collection, which I also believe is a Keller drawing. I also have a hunch that he designed the Sun model sheet for UPA’S OUR MR. SUN (1953) - portion of model sheet is HERE.

]]> by: Stephen Worth http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/09/11/lew-keller-1912-1996/#comment-938 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 16:39:28 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/09/11/lew-keller-1912-1996/#comment-938 I have a question, Amid... In Dan Goodsell's drawing collection, are the drawings with the small hitches in the line by Keller? Thanks Steve I have a question, Amid… In Dan Goodsell’s drawing collection, are the drawings with the small hitches in the line by Keller?

Thanks
Steve

]]> by: Drew Whaley http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/09/11/lew-keller-1912-1996/#comment-935 Sun, 17 Sep 2006 08:27:23 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/09/11/lew-keller-1912-1996/#comment-935 Those are EXCELLENT drawings, I think. Why would anyone assume he was a poor artist? Are those drawings supposedly bad or something? Because if THOSE are bad, I'm HORRIBLE. Those are EXCELLENT drawings, I think. Why would anyone assume he was a poor artist? Are those drawings supposedly bad or something? Because if THOSE are bad, I’m HORRIBLE.

]]> by: Michael Sporn http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/09/11/lew-keller-1912-1996/#comment-932 Thu, 14 Sep 2006 05:51:56 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/09/11/lew-keller-1912-1996/#comment-932 To add to Slowtiger's story, Hubley told me that the film went to Zagreb but disappeared for a week. The animators studied every frame, then returned the print to the exhibitor - suddenly "found." To add to Slowtiger’s story, Hubley told me that the film went to Zagreb but disappeared for a week. The animators studied every frame, then returned the print to the exhibitor - suddenly “found.”

]]> by: Bino http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/09/11/lew-keller-1912-1996/#comment-929 Wed, 13 Sep 2006 02:02:24 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/09/11/lew-keller-1912-1996/#comment-929 What a line! Beautiful style! (about Cartoon Modern, I received it! Il est génial, one of best book I bought this year!!! Pour ne pas dire le meilleur!) ^^ Thanks Amid Bino http://binoland.blogspot.com/ What a line! Beautiful style!
(about Cartoon Modern, I received it! Il est génial, one of best book I bought this year!!! Pour ne pas dire le meilleur!)

^^ Thanks Amid

Bino

http://binoland.blogspot.com/

]]> by: slowtiger http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/09/11/lew-keller-1912-1996/#comment-925 Mon, 11 Sep 2006 23:29:10 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2006/09/11/lew-keller-1912-1996/#comment-925 Lew Keller probably never kew what he started. According to Ronald Holloway in "Z is for Zagreb", a copy of "The four posters" was shown to several artists in Jugoslavia in 1952 - but the film was never released there! The group who saw it had Dusan Vukotic, Vlado Kristl, Zlatko Grgic among others, all famous names in animation now. Against all official resistance (animation was considered a luxury, the money should be spent to build schools) they set up a small studio and produced commercials first, later short films. The UPA designs definitely had a strong influence on them, although they later worked in a variety of styles. Lew Keller probably never kew what he started. According to Ronald Holloway in “Z is for Zagreb”, a copy of “The four posters” was shown to several artists in Jugoslavia in 1952 - but the film was never released there! The group who saw it had Dusan Vukotic, Vlado Kristl, Zlatko Grgic among others, all famous names in animation now. Against all official resistance (animation was considered a luxury, the money should be spent to build schools) they set up a small studio and produced commercials first, later short films. The UPA designs definitely had a strong influence on them, although they later worked in a variety of styles.

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