Myron Waldman
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Myron Waldman (born 1908) is an animator, perhaps best known for his work on Betty Boop and Popeye.
Waldman graduated from the Pratt Institute with a major in Art. He started his first career work in 1930 at Max Fleisher Studios. At this studio he did work on cartoons such as Betty Boop, Raggedy Anne, Hunky and Spunky, Gulliver's Travels, Educated Fish, animated adaptation of the Superman comic character, and Popeye.
In 1940, Waldman partnered with writer Steve Carlin and began work on producing the Happy the Humbug comic strip.
Waldman continued to work at Fleischer Studios, even after the studio forclosed and was overtaken by Famous Studio. He worked mosting on Casper the Friendly Ghost. In 1958 he left Famous to become an animation director at Hal Seeger Productions where he worked on Out of the Inkwell and Milton the Monster.
In 1997, Waldman won the Windsor McCay Award for his lifetime work in the field of animation.
References
- Artist: Myron Waldman (http://www.barkeranimation.com/thumbnail_page.asp?CID=415-2-0) at the Barker Animation Art Gallery. Features animation biography and examples of work.
- Steve Carlin Biography (http://www.tvdays.com/stevecarlan.htm) at TV Days.