Marty Murphy
Martin Joseph Murphy Jr. (born September 20, 1933 - August 27, 2009 in Los Angeles ) was an American cartoonist , animator and author. He has worked as a character designer and storyboard writer on many cartoon series.
Life
Murphy studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts after the Second World War , as did the well-known US cartoonist Phil Interlandi (1924–2002). Murphy later worked as a cartoonist for various US magazines. Above all , he had a decisive influence on the cartoon style of Playboy for decades, together with Gahan Wilson , John Dempsey and Shel Silverstein . From July 1963 to June 2009, 348 Murphy's drawings appeared in Playboy .
In the late 1950s, Murphy worked as a draftsman for the Hanna Barbera Studios on the TV series The Huckleberry Hound Show (1958–1962), then as a character designer for UPA on several animated films from the Mister Magoo series ( Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol , 1962; Uncle Sam Magoo , 1970) and for DePatie - Freleng Enterprises on the series The Super 6 (1966–1969) and The Houndcats (1972–1973).
In 1971 he co-wrote the script for the animated film Shinbone Alley and was then, again under William Hanna and Joseph Barbera , character designer of the series Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (1972–1974), Hong Kong Pfui (1974) and The CB Bears (1976) .
Marty Murphy was best known to the German-speaking audience as a character designer and storyboard author of four anime series that were produced on behalf of ZDF in Japan in cooperation with Leo Kirchs Taurus Film:
- 1975: Maya the Bee ( Japanese み つ ば ち マ ー ヤ の 冒 険 mitsubachi Māya no bōken ), Zuiyo Enterprise (later renamed Nippon Animation ), two seasons of 52 episodes
- 1976: Pinocchio (Japanese ピ コ リ ー ノ の 冒 険 , pikorīno no bōken ), Nippon Animation, 52 episodes
- 1980: Little Nils Holgersson's wonderful journey with the wild geese (Japanese ニ ル ス の ふ し ぎ な 旅 , nirusu no fushigi na tabi ), Studio Pierrot , 52 episodes
- 1983: Alice in Wonderland (Japanese ふ し ぎ の 国 の ア リ ス , fushigi no kuni no arisu ), Nippon Animation / Kirch media group, 26 episodes
Murphy also worked for Tōkyō Movie Shinsha (TMS) on the TV series DuckTales (produced for Disney , 1987) and the movie Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989). In the 1990s he worked again for Hanna-Barbera, for the Tom and Jerry Kids Show (produced for FOX , 1990-1993) and for the feature film Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1993). Also on several episodes of the puppet film series Bear in the Big Blue House ( Bear in the Big Blue House , Jim Henson Company / Disney, 1996-2000) worked with Murphy.
Marty Murphy lived in Hancock Park, Los Angeles until his death.
Publications
Cartoon collections
- Teachers Are Funny People: Hundreds of Hilarious Jokes, Gags, Anecdotes! Gallery Books, Santa Monica 1972. ISBN 0-88245-017-4 (with Virgil Partch )
- Dentists Are Funny People: Hundreds of Hilarious Jokes, Gags, Anecdotes! Gallery Books, Santa Monica 1972. ISBN 0-88245-018-2 (with Virgil Partch; edited by Jeanne Chesley)
- That Was the Church That Was. A Nostalgic Quiz for Indulgent Catholics . The Thomas More Press, Chicago 1984. ISBN 0-88347-158-2 (edited by Joel Wells)
Book illustrations
- Dan Herr: Start Digging! . The Thomas More Press, Chicago 1987. ISBN 0-88347-204-X (with a foreword by Joel Wells)
Web links
- Marty Murphy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Photo by Marty Murphy
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Death note in the LA Times
- ↑ Not so fast, little bee (article on the 25th birthday of the Maya the Bee series ), taz from September 1, 2001
- ↑ http://judesbloglog.blogspot.com/2007/10/rubbed-at-edges-but-otherwise-good.html
- ↑ http://thecartoons.net/2009/08/29/terrible-news-marty-murphy-passed-away/
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Murphy, Marty |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Murphy, Martin Joseph Jr. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cartoonist, animator and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 20, 1933 |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 27, 2009 |
| Place of death | los Angeles |