For Yowp: Look For The Low Ear

There are many ways to spot a Walt Clinton character, but the easiest trait to look for is the low ear.If you draw a line from the ear to the nose it will go up to the nose on a diagonal.He likes to put the ear right at the back of the head touching the collar.What I like about his style is that it feels like a middle aged man cartoonist's view of the world. Everyone is kinda dumpy, irritable and

Next: How To Tell A Walt Clinton Character Layout

This is Walt Clinton, one of the early layout artists/designers for H and B cartoons.I like him a lot.The main designers/layout artists in the earliest HB cartoons were Ed Benedict - the most stylish and inventive, Dick Bickenbach - good but somewhat blander and Walt Clinton.Tony Rivera came later and was the worst of the bunch.These frame grabs are all Clinton layouts from Quick Draw McGraw

Papa Yogi: George Nicholas

Limited animation done rightHere's a good Yogi cartoon animated by George Nicholas and laid out by Walter Clinton.The drawings and animation are cartoony and stylish at the same time. It show hows when you don't force (good) artists to trace model sheets you can get unique and funny cartoons - even when they only cost $3,000 for 6 minutes.One thing I love about the earliest HB cartoons is that