[crashryan]

Not every background sign is a sneaked signature, of course, but I couldn't help noticing how often the artist works a "Take Ganz's Pills" advertisement into his BGs. It doesn't seem to be a takeoff on a real product name like "Blomo Seltzer" is. Could it be the artist's name? Does anyone named Ganz appear in your list of New York animators? Whoever did the art, it isn't very good.

Link to the book: Leo the Lion 1

[Robb_K]

Does anyone named Ganz appear in your list of New York animators? Whoever did the art, it isn't very good.

Unfortunately, the New York comic book artist studios weren't filled only with Fleischer and Van Beuren animators.  About 40-45% of their artists were young, fan boy, comic book artist wannabees.  Although several of those had attended, or were attending art school, others were totally self-trained, and learning as they worked.  If Lee Sherman attended art school, it was a fly-by-night school, or he didn't pay much attention to his teachers' lessons.  But, yes.  I seem to remember seeing a Ganz among the New York studios credits.  Nevertheless, using Google searches, I could find neither a comic book creator nor an animator named Ganz.  Thats not conclusive, however, as I have found signatures and initials on comic book story first pages or last pages that were not listed in Wikipedia, or not to be found on Internet searches.