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Del Connell was a prolific writer, artist, and sculptor who started as a charter member of the Walt Disney Studios in 1939. He began in the Character Model Department where he sculpted models to provide three-dimensional reference for the animators in such films as "Fantasia," "Dumbo," "The Reluctant Dragon," and "Lady and the Tramp."
Del Connell wrote and drew comic books back when a given issue could be reasonably expected to sell a million or more copies, and comics were the lingua franca of American youth.
7 Jul 2016 · When Western Publishing editor Del Connell passed away in 2011, Disney historian Brian Sibley wrote the following obituary for The Guardian: One night in the 1960s, at the height of the US-Soviet space race, a middle-aged comic-book writer, Del Connell, stood in his backyard in California watching one of the regular rocket tests by NASA’s ...
Biography: Connell started as an artist at Disney Studios in 1939 working on features and shorts. He later moved to Dell (Western Publishing) as a freelancer, before becoming writer and editor. He created Super Goof, Daisy Duck's nieces, Wacky Witch and Space Family Robinson (for which Irwin Allen acquired the rights and transformed into Lost ...
15 Ogo 2011 · We lost Del Connell this past weekend. He was 93. Del was a major figure in the history of animation, comic books and comic strips. He was an artist and later a storyman for Disney Studios during what some would call its Golden Era. He was a very productive writer and later an editor for Western Publishing on its Dell and Gold Key comics during ...
17 Ogo 2011 · Del Connell, who was a veteran Disney animation artist, Western Publishing editor, and comic strip/book writer, passed away on August 12 at age 93. Connell started working at Disney in 1939....
Del Connell (1918-2011) was a Disney animator/prolific licensed property comics artist for the publisher Dell/Western/Gold Key. He won the Bill Finger Award for Achievement in Comic Writing in 2011.
