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
Monarch of Medioka	1950	Ted Osborne, Bill Wright	pencils, ink	Story	66	Western	300
Mousepotamia	1950	Bill Walsh, Floyd Gottfredson	ink	Newspaper strip	72	Daily strips (US)	219
The Mystery at Hidden River	1950	Merrill De Maris, Bill Wright	pencils, ink	Story	46.8	Western	213
Land Beneath the Sea	1950	Bill Walsh, Floyd Gottfredson	ink	Newspaper strip	78	Daily strips (US)	211
Mighty Whale Hunter	1950	Merrill De Maris, Bill Wright	pencils, ink	Story	66	Western	167
Battle the Giant Ants	1950	Bill Wright	pencils, ink, plot, script	Story	25	Western	164
Feat of Fancy	1950	Tony Strobl	ink	Story	20	Western	94
The Plant Doctor	1950	Bill Wright	pencils, ink	Story	8	Western	37
Mickey Mouse and Pluto Battle the Giant Ants	1950	Bill Wright	pencils, ink, plot, script	Cover	1	Western	22
A Happy New Year	1950	Bill Wright	pencils, ink	Illustration	1	Western	21
Grandes chaleurs	1950	Bill Wright	pencils, ink	Story	1	Western	21
Kärt besvär förgäves	1950	Bill Wright	pencils, ink	Story	1	Western	16
The Uninvited Guest	1950	Bill Wright	pencils, ink	Cover	1	Western	8
Untitled story	1950	Bill Wright	pencils, ink	Story	1	Western	7
Blue Ribbon Boys	1950	Bill Wright	pencils, ink	Text story	2	Western	4
Untitled cover	1950	Bill Wright	pencils, ink	Cover	1	Italy	3
Happy Holidaze	1950	Bill Wright	pencils, ink	Illustration	1	Western	2

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