The Life and Times of Cy Young
I have spent almost two years researching the life of effects animator Cy Young. Originally, I had written a brief tribute about Young in a blog post back in 2010, with a majority of the information provided by animation historian Joe Campana. But I realized I had a lot more to learn and inaccurate information to correct. I also had to locate reliable sources to support all of this. I got into contact with some of Young’s family members, who confirmed that he was in fact Chinese and that his original surname was “Yang”. It was a real educational experience to hear from Young’s family and to discover information which nobody had known until now. Evidently, Cy Young has never been interviewed by any historian, so this essay is based on those sources related to Young, as well as those who knew him. Thanks to the amounts of research I’ve gathered, I now have a clear understanding of who Cy was as a person. […]
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- Parent entry
- 1 - Robert Cook (Dave Smith)
- 2 - Grim Natwick (John Culhane)
- 3 - Clair Weeks (Milton Gray)
- 4 - Willis Pyle (Bob Casino)
- 5 - Charlene Sundblad about Helen and Hugh Hennesy (Didier Ghez)
- 6 - Preston Blair (Göran Broling)
- 7 - Working on “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” - As remembered by Preston Blair in Cartoonist PROfiles No.49, 1981 (Jud Hurd)
- 8 - The Life and Times of Cy Young
- 9 - Lynn Karp (Michael Barrier and Milton Gray)
- 10 - Of Skit and Skat and This and That - The Autobiography of Basil Reynolds (Basil Reynolds)
- 11 - The Life and Times of Riley Thomson (Alberto Becattini)
- 12 - Ward Kimball (John Culhane)
- 13 - Wilfred Jackson (John Culhane)
- 14 - Hamilton Luske - remembered by his children, Carol Jean Luske, Peggy Finefrock, and Jim Luske (Jim Korkis)
- 15 - Norman “Stormy” Palmer (Michael Broggie)
- 16 - Guy Williams Jr. (EMC West)
- 17 - Buddy Van Horn (EMC West)
- 18 - Suzanne Lloyd (EMC West)
- 19 - Roger Broggie - Draft of Biographical Notes (George Sherman)
- 20 - Karl Bacon and Ed Morgan (Jim Korkis)
- 21 - Bill Martin (Dave Smith)
- 22 - Bill Evans (Jay Horan)
- 23 - Card Walker (John Culhane)
- 24 - Mike Peraza (Didier Ghez)
