George Metzger was born on 1939 and is an American cartoonist and animator.
10 Facts About George Metzger
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George Metzger was an underground comics artist during the mid-1960s and early 1970s in California, eventually relocating to Canada, where he worked in animation.
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George Metzger studied the work of such book illustrators as Fritz Eichenberg, and Lynd Ward.
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George Metzger contributed to such publications as Gothic Blimp Works and Bill Spicer's Graphic Story Magazine.
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George Metzger eliminated dialogue balloons in "Mal-Ig" ; reprinted in Graphic Story Magazine, "Mal-Ig" was a strong influence on Paul Chadwick's The World Below.
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Obsessively drawing every night, George Metzger could be found at his drawing board while friends gathered and talked around him.
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George Metzger was friendly with the underground artists of the day, plus many Bay Area bluegrass and country musicians, as well as the Grateful Dead.
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George Metzger's best known creation is Moondog, a science-fantasy series notable for its sophisticated art and elaborate imaginative framework.
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George Metzger later worked for several animation studios in Vancouver, including Marv Newland's International Rocketship Limited.
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George Metzger was the Artist Guest of Honor at Vancouver's Vcon 8 in 1980, invited back as the Artist GoH Emeritus in 2010.