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Philip DeLara (1911–1973) was a Warner Bros. Cartoons animator and
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artist. As an animator, he worked on
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, and The Tasmanian Devil, among others. At
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, he was the main artist of
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comics, but also drew
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as well as
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comics for the foreign-market Disney Studio stories. Born in Los Angeles, California, Philip cartooned and graduated from Franklin High School and studied at the
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. After he studied, he drew for the Junior Times for eleven years with Cal Howard and Irv Spector. Warner Bros Cartoons was the first animation studio he worked for.


References

* Jerry Bails, ''The Who's Who of American comic''. * ''Chi é Phil Delara ?'', Alberto Becattini in Zio Paperone (Italian Uncle Scrooge comic-book), 1998 t * ''Phil DeLara'' by T. Lappoussière, Biography in ''Backup'' 9, 2001 (part 1) and Bibliography in ''Backup 12'', 2002 (part 2) r * ''Phil DeLara'' in Donaldisten solohefte 1, 1983.
lambiek.netSchlesinger's Exposure Sheet 1.2


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Philip B Debara in the 1940 CensusPhilip B Delara, Born 9/01/1911 in California
1914 births 1973 deaths 20th-century American artists American animators American comics artists Disney comics artists Warner Bros. Cartoons people {{Disney-comics-stub