Henry "Hy" Mayer

The Awakening. Suffragists were successful in the West; their torch awakens the women struggling in the East and South in this cartoon by Hy Mayer in Puck February 20, 1915

Henry "Hy" Mayer (18 July 1868, Worms, Germany - 27 September 1954) was a German-American cartoonist and animator. He was a political cartoonist for the New York Times from 1904, and then in 1914 chief cartoonist of Puck.[1] He created the "Travelaughs" series, released through Universal Studios from 1913 to 1920, and the "Such Is Life" series, with titles as Such Is Life at a County Fair (1921) and Such Is Life in Munich (1922), released by Film Booking Offices of America from 1920 to 1926. These two series combined animation with live action film taken in exotic locations.[2]

Mayer also worked with Otto Messmer on the series The Travels of Teddy, satirizing President Teddy Roosevelt, before Messmer left to work with producer Pat Sullivan on the long-running Felix the Cat animation series.

References

  1. ↑ West, Richard Samuel (2009) The Light That Failed The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Collection
  2. ↑ "Henry 'Hy' Mayer". IMDB.

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