From the Bugs and Elmer to Mickey and Garfield, you supplied limitless, character designs and cheerful animation for audiences to enjoy.
So many fantastic figures and their films benefited from your dexterous touch, including "Alvin and the Chimpmunks"; "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"; "Augie Doggie"; "Heathcliff"; "The Cat in the Hat"; "Popeye the Sailor"; "Tom and Jerry"; "Yogi's Gang"; "She-Ra"; "Mister T"; "The Hair Bear Bunch"; "The Great Grape Ape"; "Baggy Pants and the Nitwits"; "The Super 6"; and "The Plastic Man Comedy/ Adventure Show".
You left a generation a hefty heap of honest humor and quality fun, Mr. Givens, with more avid fans waiting in the wings, destined to delight in your colorful creations.
It's my era, come to an end. RIP good sir, you made my childhood, my parents childhood and others very full indeed.
ReplyDeleteSo well put, Almark.
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