The Loss of Earl Kress

By W. R. Miller on September 19, 2011

I had a huge shock today. I learned, through Facebook, about the passing of one of the great writer-historians in the animation industry, Earl Kress.  Jerry Beck at Cartoon Brew, Mark Evanier at Newsfromme.com and Steve Hulett at The Animation Guild pay tribute to a man who will sorely be missed.

Here’s one of my favorite skits, written by Earl:

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