Comic Strip Department??

[timo ronkainen]

Hi all!

How well is history of Disney's studios Comic Strip department documented? 
I've seen a map, floor plan of early Hyperion studio on CD-Rom "Walt Disney 
- an Intimate History". It was drawn after recollections of old animators. 
It has detailed placement of animator's desks etc. during 1929-30. Animators 
worked in one big room. Ub Iwerks and Floyd Gottfredson sat their backs 
against together. There is also little room, closet even, that has text 
"Comic Strip" and name Win Smith. Is this map published in any book?
Does anyone know how CS-dept. developed onwards this period? How long that 
department was located in Hyperion building? How large it was in it's 
hayday? How many people there were? Are there perhaps photographs taken of?
Since animators and writers worked this closely together it's no wonder at 
all how some comic strips and short animations had so much similarities in 
ideas and themes.

Timo


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