Arthur (Art) Babbitt
Filed under: people, Animator, Director, Educator, Union Activist, U.S.A., Walt Disney Studios
"Art was born in Omaha of Russian Jewish ancestry. Soon after High School he took himself to New York where he slummed around doing odd jobs and eating stale food to put himself through Columbia College Pre Med. He tried some jobs drawing cartoons and..."
Sadie Friedlander Bodin
Filed under: people, Animation Supervisor, Animator, Background Artist, Colorist, Inker, Union Activist, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, Color, Inkwell / Fleischer Studios, U.S.A., Van Beuren Corporation
"Sadie Bodin was an extremely influential animator, being the first to picket an animation studio during the fight for animation workers' rights in the 1930s. Bodin was also one of the few women animators to move up into managerial positions, becoming..."
John (Jack) Bradbury
Filed under: people, Animator, Artist, Cartoonist, Comic Book Pencilist, Comic Strip Artist, Union Activist, Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros.
"Born John Morin Bradbury on December 27, 1914, he was raised in Seattle, Washington throughout his childhood. Bradbury graduated in the midst of the Great Depression in 1932, taking odd jobs such as apple thinning to make ends meet. In 1933, he saw W..."