Milt Neil (May 30, 1914 – October 18, 1997), sometimes known as "the Duck Man", was an American animator, toy designer and comics artist.[1]

He was born in New Jersey in 1914. He worked for Disney Studios from 1935 to 1944.[2] He worked on Fantasia, Dumbo, Saludos Amigos, and The Three Caballeros. After leaving Disney he briefly worked for Walter Lantz Productions.[3] He was also active in advertising and redesigned the two mascots of Pea Soup Andersen's. They received their permanent names Hap-Pea and Pea-Wee through a contest.[4]

Neil became involved with the children's show Howdy Doody, for whom he designed puppets and various other merchandising objects. Together with Chad Grothkopf [5] he adapted the TV show into a newspaper comic between 1950 and 1953, though he only worked on it for the first three months, after which Grothkopf took over.[6][7]

Neil ran the character animation program at the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Design.[8] He died in 1997.

Sources

  1. ↑ "Milt Neil".
  2. ↑ "Milt Neil".
  3. ↑ "Milt Neil".
  4. ↑ "Pea Soup Andersens - Buellton - History".
  5. ↑ "Chad Grothkopf".
  6. ↑ "Stripper's Guide". strippersguide.blogspot.com. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Milt Neil".
  8. ↑ "Milt Neil".
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