Paul Murry (November 25, 1911 – August 4, 1989) was an American cartoonist and comics artist. He is best known for his

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, which appeared in

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and Gold Key Comics from 1946 to 1984, particularly the

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and

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three-part adventure stories in ''

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''.

Biography

Like many Disney comic book artists, Murry started his career working at the Walt Disney Studios. During his time there he was an assistant to legendary animator Fred Moore. Starting in 1943, Murry worked on Disney newspaper strips, beginning with several installments of the Sunday-only ''

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'' strip. This was followed by a number of episodes in the 1944–1945 '' Panchito'' strip, which replaced José Carioca's, as well as some ''

'' strips in 1945. Murry then provided pencil art for the '' Uncle Remus and His Tales of Br'er Rabbit'' strip from the first installment on October 14, 1945 through July 14, 1946. After leaving the studio in 1946, he began to work for

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doing stories featuring the Disney characters. Dell Four Color No. 129 (1946) featuring three Uncle Remus stories penciled by Murry was the first comic book containing his artwork. Murry drew many Disney characters, including

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, Brer Rabbit, The Sleuth, and others. ''The Phantom Blot'' and '' Super Goof''

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s contained many Murry stories. Besides Disney, Murry also drew

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comics, the 1951–1953 '' Buck O'Rue'' comic strip (written by

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), and gag cartoons. He is best known for his rendition of

, especially the Mickey/

adventure stories, mostly in ''

'', and three-part serials in ''

''. Murry's first published Mickey Mouse story was "Mickey Mouse and the Monster Whale," in ''Vacation Parade'' #1 (July 1950). Murry next wrote a couple of Mickey Mouse stories for Dell's One-Shots: "The Mystery of the Double-Cross Ranch" in issue #313 (February 1951) and "The Ruby Eye of Homar-Guy-Am" in #343 (August 1951). Murry and writer

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began their run of Mickey Mouse and Goofy serials in ''Walt Disney's Comics and Stories'' with "The Last Resort", in issues #152–154 (May–July 1953). Murry and Fallberg continued to produce 3-part Mickey/Goofy adventures consistently from 1953 to 1962, and then occasionally from 1963 to 1972. When Fallberg moved on, Murry continued to draw single-part Mickey/Goofy adventures for ''Walt Disney's Comics and Stories'' and ''Mickey Mouse'' until 1984, retiring after more than 30 years of producing these stories. Murry died five years later, in 1989.

Reprints

In 2018

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began publishing a hardcover series titled '' Disney Masters'', in which Paul Murry has some of his Disney work (mainly on Mickey Mouse) reprinted. * ''Mickey Mouse: The Case of the Vanishing Bandit'' (2018)

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* ''Mickey Mouse: The Pirates of Tabasco Bay'' (2019)

* ''Mickey Mouse: The Sunken City'' (2020)

* ''Mickey Mouse: New Adventures of the Phantom Blot'' (2021)

* ''Mickey Mouse: The Monster of Sawtooth Mountain'' (2022)

In 2019

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released the fourth volume of '' Silly Symphonies: The Complete Disney Classics'',

, in which the complete ''

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'' comic strips ''

'' and '' Panchito'', both pencilled by Murry, were included.

Bibliography

The following table is a list of Murry's Mickey/Goofy adventure stories, from ''Walt Disney's Comics and Stories'', ''Mickey Mouse'' and various specials:

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Murry, Paul American comics artists American humorists American comic strip cartoonists Disney comics artists American animators 1989 deaths 1911 births

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