From the June 2004 Peg-Board
Animator and comic book artist JACK BRADBURY died on May 15, 2004 at the age of eighty-nine.
Bradbury began working for Disney in 1935 and worked on scenes in movies like Bambi, Fantasia, and Pinocchio. After working briefly for Friz Freleng at Warner Brothers, he began working for Western Publishing in 1947, illustrating Little Golden Books, other children's books, and comic books for the Dell Comics and Gold Key Comics imprints. Reportedly Walt Disney told Western that they didn't need his approval for any of Bradbury's work. Also, Bob Clampett specifically requested Bradbury to illustrate the comic book adaptation of his show Time for Beany.
Eye problems forced him to cut back on his output after 1970, though he still continued to work on a few projects for Disney.
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