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Anthony J. Strobl, Jr
| Anthony J. Strobl, Jr | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 May 1915 Cleveland, Ohio |
| Died | 29 December 1991 Ohio |
| Nativity | United States |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch |  United States Army |
| ASN | 39170857 |
| Enlisted | Los Angeles, California |
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Anthony Joseph Strobl (12 May 1915 – 29 December 1991) was an American comics artist and animator.
Biography[edit | edit source]
Anthony Joseph Strobl (12 May 1915 – 29 December 1991) was an American comics artist and animator. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio and attended Cleveland School of Art from 1933 to 1937, with Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, who actually got some help from Strobl creating Superman. Gerard Jones in his book Men of Tomorrow reveals at one point Jerry Siegel contemplated ending his partnership with Joe Shuster in developing what became Superman and work with someone else instead. Strobl was among those approached but he respectfully declined, feeling his more cartoony artstyle was ill-suited for such a serious character.
After finishing his education, Strobl became impressed enough by Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to seek a job at Walt Disney Studios. After a refusal, he eventually was hired in 1938. He worked as an animator on Fantasia, Dumbo, and Pinocchio before he left the studio to fight in World War II.
In 1942, Strobl saved a seven-year-old girl from drowning while working for an Army propaganda unit. He returned to animation after the war, but moved over to the comics field, and after a few commercial artist jobs, he started working for Western Publishing in 1947.
At Western, he illustrated primarily Disney comics, especially from the Duck universe. Starting with a Bucky Bug story for Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #100 in 1949, Strobl had a long and impressive production of Disney comics. He did comic book stories for Western until 1968, and for the Disney Studio Program from 1963 to his retirement in 1987. Although during his career he primarily illustrated stories written by others, he wrote some of his stories himself.
Research notes[edit | edit source]
- Cartoonist; Walt Disney Studios
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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Technical record[edit | edit source]
| Field | Imported value |
|---|---|
| MRBC3 | 3 |
| Approx Age at Death | 76 |
| Nara ASN | 39170857 |
| Nara Name | STROBL ANTHONY J JR |
| Nara State | 91 |
| Nara County | 037 |
| Nara POE | 9141 |
| Nara DOE | 051241 |
| Nara Grade Alpha | PVT |
| Nara Race | 1 |
| Nara Race Description | White citizen |
| Nara Height (inches) | 70 |
| Nara Weight (lbs) | 143 |
| row_source | demographics |
Timeline[edit | edit source]
- Born 12 May 1915 in Cleveland OH.
- Assigned to MRBC 3.
Sources[edit | edit source]
- Tony Strobl — Wikipedia
- Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
- Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
- NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
- 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
- Dan Gross, Timeline of Anthony J. Jr Strobl for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
- Dan Gross, Timeline of Strobl, Anthony J. Jr for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: ANTHONY J. (TONY) STROBL.doc)