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Donovan "Don" Tobin (b. 1916) was an American animator and cartoonist. He was known for the comic strip The Little Woman.

Biography
He was born in Austin, Texas. Tobin attended the University of California and graduated in 1936.

Animation
By the early 1940s Tobin was working for Disney. As an animator, he worked on such full length features as Bambi, Dumbo, Pinocchio, and the Fantasia "Rite of Spring" segment. In 1941 he also helped animate the following shorts: Donald Duck's "Golden Eggs," Mickey Mouse's "The Nifty Nineties" and "Pluto's Playmate." He also worked on shorts released the following year: "Donald's Snow Fight," "Pluto Junior" and Goofy's "Olympic Champ." Like other animators, Tobin left Disney after its strike in 1941.

He also animated U.S. Navy training films for three years.

Cartoons
Tobin began drawing cartoons, after leaving animation. He drew gag and magazine cartoons for several publications, including Collier's magazine, Ladies' Home Journal and the Saturday Evening Post.

Tobin created the comic strip The Little Woman in 1953 and it was syndicated by King Features Syndicate. The strip featured a housewife named Emily Butterworth and her husband Herbert. Tobin was inspired by his mother-in-law for the strip's main character. The book The Little Woman was published in 1965.

He was also part of the group of cartoonist working in Laguna Beach, California. The group included John Dempsey, the Interlandi brothers, Ed Nofziger and Virgil Partch.