Philip DeLara (September 1, 1911 – July 5, 1973) was a Warner Bros. Cartoons animator and Disney comics, MGM and Hanna-Barbera artist.
As an animator, he worked on Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig and Daffy Duck and later on Speedy Gonzales, and The Tasmanian Devil, among others. At Western Publishing, he was the main artist of Walt Disney Animation Studios's Chip 'n' Dale comics, but also drew Donald Duck, Gyro Gearloose and Uncle Scrooge as well as Mickey Mouse comics for the foreign-market Disney Studio stories.
Born in Los Angeles, California, Philip cartooned and graduated from Franklin High School and studied at the Otis Art Institute. After he studied, he drew for the Junior Times for eleven years with Cal Howard and Irv Spector. Warner Bros Cartoons was the first animation studio he worked for.
References Jerry Bails, The Who's Who of American comic. Chi é Phil Delara ?, Alberto Becattini in Zio Paperone (Italian Uncle Scrooge comic-book), 1998 [it]. Phil DeLara by T. Lappoussière, Biography in Backup 9, 2001 (part 1) and Bibliography in Backup 12, 2002 (part 2) [fr]. Phil DeLara in Donaldisten solohefte 1, 1983. lambiek.net Schlesinger's Exposure Sheet 1.2
External links
Phil DeLara at the Lambiek Comiclopedia
Philip B Debara in the 1940 Census Philip B Delara, Born 9/01/1911 in California