Rowland B. Wilson 1930-2005

Rowland B. Wilson, a popular and talented magazine cartoonist best known for his watercolors who later turned to animation, passed away on June 28th in Encinitas, California. His work graced the pages of Playboy (where he won the cartoonist of the year award), The New Yorker and TV Guide (as I recall, he did several well-received caricatures for that magazine). He was a stalwart of the second successful wave of Disney animaton, working on Little Mermaid, Hercules, and Tarzan. He also did stints with Don Bluth and Richard Williams, and was awarded a daytime Emmy for his work on the Schoolhouse Rock series.

A native of Dallas, Wilson came to New York and found work as an art director for Young & Rubicam. The Whites of Their Eyes, a book collecting his cartoons, was published in 1962.

I found the news here, but I think it first showed up here. Since there is almost none of Wilson's work on-line, the above is the New York Times' selection through which I encourage you to access their well-written piece on Wilson's life and accomplishments.

caption: "You'll not get a proper trophy that way, Bassington!"
 
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