Bill Wright

Born 4 October 1917; died 12 June 1984, Los Angeles, California.

Born as: William George Wright
Also known as: BWr
Ink: 2,197 stories
Pencils: 575 stories
Subject: 14 stories
Script: 6 stories
Plot: 6 stories

Stories

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Title	Year	By	As	Kind	Pages	Made in	Printings
Outwits the Phantom Blot	1949	Merrill De Maris, Bill Wright	pencils, ink	Story	48	Western	136
On Pirate Key	1949	Bill Wright	pencils, ink	Story	12	Western	39
The Rajah's Treasure	1949	Bill Wright	pencils, ink	Story	32	Western	36
The Rajah's Treasure	1949	Bill Wright	pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	35
The Black Sorcerer	1949	Bill Wright	pencils, ink	Story	20	Western	30
The Black Sorcerer	1949	Bill Wright	pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	24
The Phantom Thief	1949	Bill Wright	pencils, ink	Story	20	Western	19
Bargain Balloon	1949	Bill Wright	pencils, ink	Story	16	Western	17
Connect the Dots	1949		pencils, ink	Game or puzzle	1	Western	15
Christmas Surprise	1949	Bill Wright	pencils, ink	Story	8	Western	13
Dragon Trouble!	1949	Bill Wright	pencils, ink	Story	1	Western	13
Racionamento	1949	Bill Wright	pencils, ink	Story	1	Western	7
Bolas!	1949	Bill Wright	pencils, ink	Story	1	Western	6

Life and work

Comics. Disney Studios: Inks and artwork for newspaper strips 1938-1946 (Mickey Mouse), 1959-1962 (Uncle Remus) and 1981-1984 (Mickey Mouse). - Western Publishing: Comic-book artwork 1947-1954 (Disney, Walter Lantz).- Inker for Gene Ahern on Room and Board 1953-1958 and for Roy Crane on Buzz Sayer (Sunday edition) 1959. - Freelance comic book and advertising art 1963-1970. - Comic-book artwork for the shortlived newspaper strip Lippy the Yippie 1970-1971 (script by Sarge O'Neill). - Western Publishing: Comic book artwork 1972-1981.

Animation. Disney Studios: Inbetweener 1937-1938 and 1956-1958 (Mickey Mouse, Sleeping Beauty). - Cambria Productions: Animator 1958 (Clutch Cargo).

Education. Los Angeles Art Center. - Frank Wiggins Trade Center, Los Angeles

Characters most often

Scamp1,0251981–1984
Mickey Mouse7641938–1954, 1956–1957, 1960–1961, 1973–1976, 1978–1979, 1981–1984, 2018
Goofy3751938–1954, 1956, 1960–1961, 1973–1975, 1977–1979, 1982–1984
Minnie Mouse2211938–1947, 1949–1950, 1952–1954, 1956–1957, 1960–1961, 1973–1976, 1982–1984, 2018
Morty and Ferdie2021939–1951, 1953–1954, 1956–1957, 1960–1961, 1978, 1981–1984
Brer Rabbit1531946, 1954, 1959–1962, 1977–1978
Cheeps921981–1984
Pluto901938–1951, 1953–1954, 1956, 1973–1976, 1979, 1982–1984
Toothy711981–1984
Albert681981–1984
Donald Duck591943, 1954, 1956, 1960–1961, 1973, 1976–1979, 1981–1982
Brer Fox551946, 1954, 1959–1962, 1977, 1979

Works most with

Roger Armstrong1,0251981–1984
Bill Berg1,0201981–1984
Del Connell2311977, 1979, 1981–1984
Bill Walsh2161944–1947, 1950, 1953, 1956–1957, 1960–1961
Floyd Gottfredson1561938–1943, 1946–1947, 1950, 1953, 1956–1957, 1961, 2018
George Stallings1441959–1962
Román Arámbula1411983–1984
Manuel Gonzales1391940–1943, 1946, 1961, 1979
Merrill De Maris1221938–1942, 2018
Hubie Karp781942–1944
Dick Shaw581942–1943
Bob Karp451942, 1960–1961