Bill Peckmann &Books &Comic Art &Illustration 19 Jul 2012 05:16 am
Paul Murry Buck O’Rue
- Bill Peckmann sent me a host of scans today of the book which collects the comic strip Buck O’Rue as drawn by Paul Murry and Dick Huemer. The book was written by Richard P. Huemer and Germund Von Wowern.
Paul Murry was noted for his work on Mickey Mouse comic book adventure stories. Here is a small sample of that work:
Here are two examples of Murry’s Mickey Mouse art,
a cover and the first page of the story.
. . . and if you go here you’ll find another post we had featuring more of his work.
Here are Bill’s comments:
- The book collection of the comic strip ‘Buck O’Rue‘ was just released. The short lived strip was done by ‘moonlighting’ Disney greats Dick Huemer and Paul Murry back in the early 1950′s.
‘Buck’ would get a super duper glowing review from me if only I knew how to write a good one! So I’ll let the book speak for itself.
There are a couple of points about the book that I would like to mention. It is a heartfelt labor of love by the authors, Richard P. Huemer, Dick Huemer’s son and knowledgeable comic’s editor/historian Germund Von Wowern. The book is three hundred pages of great information, photos and of course, the strip itself, dailies and Sundays!
Here are the introductory pages:
Book Cover
Title Page
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Table of Contents
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Foreward by Don Peri
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Besides the collected daily and Sunday strips of ‘Buck’ in this huge 300 page book, there are also many wonderful pages with bio’s of, and art from Mr. Huemer and Mr. Murry.
Here are a few samples, and what treasures they are!
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Okay cowpokes and cowgals, it’s time to set the stage for adventures of ‘Buck’…
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…and introduce the cast of characters…
And here’s a sample of the strip . . .
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on 20 Jul 2012 at 10:57 am 1.john said …
The inset drawing of Scrappy holding his catch differs slightly from the example included with the 1933 book “How To Make a Cartoon by Scrappy”. In that, Yippy is holding a fish in his mouth and Scrappy’s body is turned slightly which makes me wonder whether this was a study for it or vice versa. Huemer was one of the titans of the animation business who’s name deserves to be better known. Glad a family member has taken the reigns at closing the gap in our knowledge of his career.
on 21 Jul 2012 at 9:47 am 2.Joakim Gunnarsson said …
That MM FC 313 cover is usually credited to Murry but is actually drawn by someone else. Dan Gormley? Carl Buettner? I don’t know. (Might be a case of one artist inking the other.)
BTW: Just got my copy of the Buck book.
What a treasure!
on 06 Feb 2015 at 10:07 pm 3.Lisa Peterson said …
Paul Murry was my grandfather, he was such a wonderful man and an amazing artist, I use to sit and watch him draw when I was a little girl. Sure do miss him.