Tony Strobl

Tony Strobl is probably the artist who has drawn the most Disney comic pages over the years. He started his career at Disney in 1938, working on the animation movie Fantasia. He also cooperated on Pinocchio and Dumbo, before he joined the army during World War II. After the War, Strobl decided to leave the animation field and focuss on comics. He started out at Western Publishing in 1947, where his first story was 'Bucky Bug' (published in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories).

Throughout the 1950s, Strobl was one of the main artists on stories in the "Duck universe", alongside Phil De Lara, Dick Moores and of course Carl Barks. In the mid-1960s, Strobl was assigned by Disney to draw comics on a freelance base for publications outside the USA. He worked for Disney until 1986-87, when he did a daily 'Donald Duck' strip, as well as a Sunday page. Strobl's work on the 'Ducks' is easily recognizable because of his simple, clear style. In addition to his Disney work, Strobl has illustrated stories with 'Bugs Bunny' at Western.