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The Golden Age of American Animation

The Golden Age of American Animation began with the popularization of cartoons with sound in 1928 through the late 1950s, early 1960s, when theatrical animation began to lose popularity and television animation — with more restricted budgets — took over. During this period, Walt Disney studios defined the era, with notable films including Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Alice in Wonderland, and countless others.

Tim Walker is proud to be a part of the later years of the Golden Age of American animation — working on classic projects including Mr. Magoo, Flash Gordon, Yogi Bear, Scooby-Doo, The Flintstones, and more! Today, Tim focuses a lot on his personal passion project: Timmy Toons. Timmy Toons are posters, prints, and original pieces of art in cartoon style made by Tim Walker and exploring the possibilities of the art form. Inspired by Golden Age animation, Timmy Toons are a fantastic way to show your love for classic animation with unique pieces by one of the legends of 20th-century animation!

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Warner Bros Studio

In the mid-1930s, animators Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising broke away from Disney and began making all the Merrie Melodies cartoons. New characters like Porky Pig and Daffy Duck were created, which helped Warner Bros achieve greater success. The big break away character for Warners Bros was the icon himself: Bugs Bunny. Due to the success of Porky, Daffy, and Bugs, by 1942, Warner Bros.’ shorts surpassed Disney’s in both sales and popularity.

Tim Walker’s first animator job was for the Shinbone Alley, an animated comedy written by Mel Brooks and released in 1970. Following that, he worked on Fat Albert and a Bugs Bunny special. Since the 70s, Tim has rarely been lacking in work. His most recent work has been as a sheet timer for The Loud House.

Tim has had some unique challenges in his career though — in particular struggling with Parkinson’s disease, which led him to have to relearn how to draw with his non-dominant hand. With each of the challenges he has faced, he has worked hard and got help from others to help him overcome and come out stronger on the other side.

The Golden Age of Animation: A Retrospective

The success of mid-century cartoons is clearly apparent in their continued relevance in modern culture. Feature length animated films, technicolor masterpieces, and other serious artworks emerged in the era that have defined what animation is, and can do. Many characters created during this time remain popular to this day, with a new Bugs Bunny movie coming out soon and many powerful, important, and wide-reaching avenues of influence from lunch boxes and cereal boxes to feature-length films and commercials.

If you would like to own a piece of history for your own, head on over to the Timmie Toons page of this website and find original animated prints and posters reminiscent of the glory years of American cartoons.

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