Talk:Paul Terry (cartoonist)

'Terrytoons Comics' did not "become Marvel"
"Terrytoon Comics went on to become Marvel Comics" is entirely wrong. The article cites an entry in "Toonpedia" that says "That same year, Heckle & Jeckle began appearing in Terrytoons Comics, which at that time was published by the company that would later become Marvel." This does not support the article's statement that Terrytoons Comics became Marvel Comics. "Terrytoons Comics" was a single comic book title at the time, not a publishing company. As I understand Marvel's history, the reference indicates that "Terrytoons Comics" was published by Timely Comics, the 40s-era publisher of the title "Marvel Comics." Timely later adopted "Marvel" as the company name.

The cover of "Terrytooons #1" does not even have a recognizable Paul Terry character. See Terrytoons One.Timely apparently had to negotiate licensing terms for the use of each character -- see Terrytoons 38, introducing Mighty Mouse.

I am deleting the only reference to Terrytoons Comics. I don't believe Terry ever did have a publishing arm, but I'm not prepared to write the section needed about Paul Terry's considerable influence on the comic book industry.

In 1960, Dell Comics published the title "New Terrytoons featuring Deputy Dawg." To my recollection, Dell also published the "Heckle & Jekyl" (sp?) and "Mighty Mouse" titles in the 50s, and I believe both titles later were published by Gold Key (60s-70s).

While Terry's characters headlined their own titles, sold many "funny animal" and "funny animal superhero" comics, and wielded considerable influence over the juvenile-targeted comics industry in the 1950s, it seems that Terry never had sufficient interest in comic book publishing to leverage his properties into a publishing company. That's a shame, as his characters were highly influential moneymakers.

I'm supplying these notes for anyone who might want to do the additional research required to add a proper section on Terry's considerable influence on the comics industry, which in my opinion was more artistic than financial. The preceding cover scans are my own, which can be used under fair use rationale, if anyone cares to jump through all 10 wiki-hoops related to fair use images. I have no idea what the actual copyright status of these images may be. Since these are external links, referenced here for purpose of discussion, I am not offering a 'fair use' rationale here as I would for inline use. Bustter (talk) 13:46, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Fables Pictures
Fables Pictures was actually named Van Beuran Studios when Amedee J. Van Beuren bought it & not when Paul Terry was fired. --Evope (talk) 04:12, 9 February 2020 (UTC)