Walter Neugebauer

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Walter Neugebauer (also: Valter Nojgebauer ; * March 28, 1921 in Tuzla ; † May 31, 1992 in Geretsried ) was a German comic and cartoonist.

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Neugebauer was born as the son of German parents in Tuzla, then Yugoslavia . Shortly after his birth, his family moved to Zagreb . At the age of twelve, Neugebauer published his first drawings in a church newspaper, followed two years later by drawing on the children's page of the daily Novosti . From 1935 to 1937 he drew adaptations of Popeye and Nasreddin Hodscha to texts by his older brother Norbert for the magazine Oko . At the same time, Neugebauer collaborated with other authors to create comics for the Novosti and Veseli Zabavnik newspapers . In 1939 he founded the first Yugoslav comic magazine Mickeystrip with a few other cartoonists , for which he created the Bimbo Bambus series in collaboration with his brother Norbert . Neugebauer was involved in two other magazines, but these were discontinued after the occupation of Yugoslavia by German and Italian troops during the Second World War .

After the war, Neugebauer worked, among other things, as a cartoonist and, after successfully producing the cartoon Veliki Miting, founded an animation company with his brother Norbert, which went bankrupt in 1952. In 1954 he met Rolf Kauka , who a short time later brought him to Munich , where he was responsible for the series Fix and Foxi , Tom and Biberherz and Bussi Bär and played a major role in their success. Neugebauer was also significantly involved in Caucasus animation projects, in which his brother Norbert and Branimir Karabajić participated, among others .

In 1972 Neugebauer fell out with Kauka and together with Gisela Künstner and Kurt Italiaander he founded his own drawing studio, which focused on advertising graphics. The advertising figure of the gold bear for Haribo , the Axel for Südmilch AG and Wrigley's Hubba Bubba all come from this studio.

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SURNAME Neugebauer, Walter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nojgebauer, Valter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German comic and animator and cartoonist
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Tuzla
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 1992
Place of death Geretsried