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HARRY "BUD" HESTER 2/3/2020 Bud Hester spent most of his career working at Walt Disney Animation alongside the studio's Nine Old Men. In the 1970s he became the Business Representative for The Animation Guild (then known as the Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists Guild). He was 92. CULLEN BLAINE HOUGHTALING 12/2/2020 Timing director, supervising producer, and storyboard artist Houghtaling worked on The New Archies, The Flintstone Kids, and numerous Scooby-Doo iterations. He also directed an episode of The Simpsons. He was 85. JIM HOUSTON 3/26/2020 Engineer Houston was considered a pioneer in his field and won two Academy Awards for Scientific and Engineering Achievement. He worked for Sony and Walt Disney Animation on Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and Fantasia 2000. He was 61. JIM JANES 9/1/2020 Comic book artist and storyboard artist Janes worked on numerous TV shows including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Batman: The Animated Series, X-Men: The Animated Series, and The Incredible Hulk. WILLIAM "BILL" KNOLL 7/22/2020 Knoll worked as an assistant animator, timing director, and director at Hanna-Barbera, Marvel, Disney TV, Warner Bros., and other studios. His TV credits include Tom and Jerry Tales, The Proud Family, Pinky and the Brain, The Transformers, Animaniacs, and more. HELEN KOMAR 11/27/2020 New York-based Komar worked on feature films and classic cartoons such as Popeye, Casper the Friendly Ghost, and the original Spider-Man. Her commercial work included Cheerios and Trix. She was 93. NANCY LANE TOMASELLI 11/20/2020 New York-based Tomaselli worked as an Ink & Paint artist, production manager, and more, with credits ranging from Schoolhouse Rock to Beavis and Butt-Head. She was married to cameraman Rudy Tomaselli who also passed away this year. She was 80. MAUREEN MLYNARCZYK 2/16/2020 Mlynarczyk worked as a timing director on numerous movies and TV shows including Family Guy, American Dad!, Steven Universe, and The Simpsons Movie. She won an Emmy for her work on Adventure Time. She was 47. FRANCISCA "FRANCES" MORALDE 4/8/2020 Moralde worked in cel service at Disney, Hanna-Barbera, and other studios on films including Oliver & Company, The Little Mermaid, and FernGully: The Last Rainforest. SUE NICHOLS MACIOROWSKI 9/1/2020 Nichols worked primarily in visual development at Disney, where she is credited for her contributions on films such as Aladdin , The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and The Princess and the Frog. She was 55. DOMINIC ORLANDO 5/14/2020 Orlando worked as a Xerox processor at Hanna-Barbera and Ruby-Spears before moving on to work as a storyboard artist, supervisor, and director on TV shows such as Rugrats, Dora the Explorer, CatDog, and The Fairly OddParents. JOAN ORLOFF 7/16/2020 Orloff worked as an inker, cel painter, and Ink & Paint supervisor at studios including Disney Feature Animation and FilmFair. MARTIN PASKO 5/11/2020 Best known for writing for DC Comics for more than three decades, Pasko won a Daytime Emmy as a writer and story editor on Batman: The Animated Series. Along with working on other animated shows, he wrote for the sitcoms Cheers and Roseanne. He was 65. LISA POITEVINT 1/15/2020 Poitevint was as an animation checker at Disney Feature Animation. She worked on The Little Mermaid, Oliver & Company, and The Black Cauldron. JOE RUBY 8/26/2020 Ruby was part of the legendary team behind Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! and other Hanna-Barbera classics. They supervised Saturday morning cartoon programming at ABC before starting their own studio, Ruby-Spears Productions. Ruby passed away months before his longtime animation partner Ken Spears. He was 87. GARY SCHUMER 6/28/2020 Along with a career as a visual effects animator for Walt Disney Animation Studios, Schumer taught on the faculty at Ringling College of Art + Design. KEN SPEARS 11/6/2020 Spears was part of the legendary team behind Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! and other Hanna- Barbera classics. They supervised Saturday morning cartoon programming at ABC before starting Ruby-Spears Productions. Spears passed away few months after his longtime animation partner Joe Ruby. He was 82. HERBERT "HERB" STOTT 2/8/2020 Beginning as an assistant animator at Disney, Stott went on to co-found Spunbuggy Works, and later founded Herb Stott Films, producing live-action and animated commercials. He was 85. MARTIN "MARTY" STRUDLER 10/15/2020 A layout artist, background artist, graphic designer, and character designer for Terrytoons, Warner Bros. TV Animation, and more, Strudler worked on shows based on classic characters such as Muppet Babies and numerous Pink Panther episodes. He was 91. ANN SULLIVAN 4/13/2020 Ink & Paint artist Sullivan began her career at Disney in the 1950s, working on classic films like Peter Pan. She left the industry to raise a family and restarted her career at Hanna-Barbera in the early 1970s, eventually returning to Disney. She was 91. DANILO TOLENTINO 7/16/2020 Tolentino worked as a layout artist and storyboard artist. He is best known for his work on animated Marvel projects such as Fantastic Four, X-Men, The Incredible Hulk, and Avengers: United They Stand. WILLIAM "TUCK" TUCKER 12/22/2020 Tucker worked in both feature films and TV as a layout artist, writer, storyboard artist, and director on shows such as The Little Mermaid, The Simpsons, Hey Arnold!, and SpongeBob SquarePants. He was 59. DAVID WISE 3/3/2020 David Wise was a writer known for Star Trek: The Animated Series, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Transformers. He was 65. WILLIAM "BILL" WOLF 3/24/2020 Wolf worked in numerous positions including animation director at studios such as Filmation, Marvel, and Murakami- Wolf Films. His credits include Alvin and the Chipmunks, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Rugrats, and The Boondocks. CATHERINE ZAR 9/1/20 Zar started her career as a cel painter at Hanna- Barbera before becoming an inbetweener and assistant animator. She worked at Ruby-Spears, Filmation, Disney, and other studios. T R I B U T E SPRING 2021 45