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GELMAN, WOODY
  Name and vital stats
    GELMAN, WOODY [1915-78] (artist; writer; publisher) NULL
  Biographical
    Aka WOODROW GELMAN NULL
  Education
    City College of New York; Cooper Union Art School [NYC] NULL
    Pratt Institute [Brooklyn] NULL
  Influences
    Rene Bull, Edmund Dulac, Winsor McCay, Hal Foster NULL
  Print Media (non-comics)
    Co-owner: Studio with Ben Solomon [photography and retouching for Topps] c1962 > 62
  Animation
    Animation Assistant & In-betweener: Fleischer: Little Lulu NULL
    Animation Assistant & Writer: Fleischer / Famous Studios: Gullivar's Travels 1939 > 39
    Animation Writer: Famous Studios: Little Lulu; Popeye 1946 > 46
    Animation Writer: Fleischer / Famous Studios: Little Lulu; Superman 1939-40s > 39 40s
    Animation Writer: Fleischer / Famous Studios: Popeye 1946 > 46
  Commercial Art & Design
    Director: New Products for Topps Chewing Gum c1953-c78 > 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70s
  Honors
    Academy of Comic Book Arts Shazam of Recognition for Preservation and Popularization of Comic Art 1971 > 71
  Syndication
    BUS (w/a) 1947 > 47
    KID FROM BROOKLYN (w/a) 1945-46 > 45 46
  Comics in other media
    Various features (w/a) in Popsicle Pete Magazine NULL
  Creator
    NUTSY SQUIRREL NULL
  Co-creator
    BAZOOKA JOE NULL
  Comics Studio (Shop)
    SANGOR STUDIO (a) 1943-45 > 43 44 45
  NOSTALGIA PRESS
    Support (publ/ed) 1967-79 many syndicate reprint albums; > 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79
  AMERICAN COMICS GROUP
    BOOPY OSTRICH (a) 1943 > 43
  BETTER PUBLICATIONS
    Fillers (w/a) 1943-45 > 43 44 45
    GOOFY COMICS~ (a) 1943-44 > 43 44
    LITTLE RICHARD'S IMAGINATION (w/a) 1943 > 43
    SUPERMOUSE (w) 1944-45 > 44 45
  DC COMICS
    DODO AND THE FROG (w/lay) 1945-57 > 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57
    NUTSY SQUIRREL (w) 1945-57 > 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57
  DELL PUBLICATIONS
    Cartoon / funny animals (w/a) 1940s > 40s
  EASTERN COLOR PRINTING
    BINGO AND GLUM (a) 1944-45 > 44 45
    Covers: JINGLE JANGLE (a) 1944-45 > 44 45
    HORTENSE THE LOVABLE BRAT (a) 1945 > 45
    KID FROM BROOKLYN (w/a) 1945-46 > 45 46
  FOX COMICS
    Cartoon / funny animals (w/a) 1940s > 40s
  HILLMAN PERIODICALS
    Cartoon / funny animals (w/a) 1940s > 40s
  MARVEL COMICS
    Cartoon / funny animals (w/a) 1940s > 40s
  ST. JOHN PUBLISHING
    Cartoon / funny animals (w/a) 1940s > 40s
  Source (some data)
    WOODY GELMAN NULL