As much as I admire the skill of Disney animators and others like Ken Harris, Ken Muse, Virgil Ross and Bob McKimson, I really get fired up over animators like Irv Spence, Bob Cannon, Rod Scribner, Pat Matthews, Emery Hawkins, Michael Lah and of course Jim Tyer. I find myself just watching Tyer's work over and over. I just love funny drawings and they don't get much funnier than his.
This is Jim Tyer's animation from the opening of "Prehistoric Perils". I don't recall off hand of Tyer animating musical bits in any other Mighty Mouse cartoon. I wish he would have though, this is much more entertaining than what the other animators were doing. There's some great animation when Mighty Mouse breaks through the TV screen too. Watch his eyes.
It always startles me how "identifiable" Tyer's animation is. What an incredible talent he was. The stuff he did for Terrytoons is just animation hall of fame. I just love his stuff.
haha Great frame grabs! Jim Tyer is the best!
ReplyDeleteThat clip left me wanting more, Wish there was more Terrytoons and high quality ones.
ReplyDeleteI never Tyer of Jim.
ReplyDeleteIt always startles me how "identifiable" Tyer's animation is. What an incredible talent he was. The stuff he did for Terrytoons is just animation hall of fame. I just love his stuff.
ReplyDeleteMykal, I'd say that Tyer is probably the only reason I can watch Terrytoons shorts.
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