Monty B :: Disney - Other Artists

Al Taliaferro - 1950’s - Get-Well-Card for Manuel Gonzales

Artists: Al Taliaferro (All) , Floyd Gottfredson (Letterer) , Bill Walsh (Letterer) , Dick Huemer (Letterer)

51 Views - 1 Comment - 3 Likes

Al Taliaferro - 1950’s - Get-Well-Card for Manuel Gonzales Comic Art

Click Image to View Full Size

Previous Item:
Angelo Bioletto - Mickey Mouse - Topolino e i grilli atomici - 1950 - p14

Next Item:
Mickey Mouse - Terrore dei Mari - 1953 - p41

Artwork Details

Title:	Al Taliaferro - 1950’s - Get-Well-Card for Manuel Gonzales
Artist:	Al Taliaferro (All)
Artist:	Floyd Gottfredson (Letterer)
Artist:	Bill Walsh (Letterer)
Artist:	Dick Huemer (Letterer)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Illustration
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	51
Likes on CAF:	3 4
Comments:	1
Added to Site:	12/26/2025
Comic Art Archive:

Description

Gorgeous handdrawn get-well-card by Al Taliaferro (Taliaferro started at Disney in 1931 in the animation department, but was soon transferred to the comic strip department, where he inked Floyd Gottfredson’s Mickey Mouse dailies and then worked on the Silly Symphonies sundays. In the mid 1930’s he was responsible for most of the Donald Duck related comic strips, which led to him doing the Donald Duck dailies (1938-1967) & sundays (1936-37 & 1939-1969)) for Manuel Gonzales (one of the most proliferate Disney artists from 1936-1981, first working in the Animation department as an inbetweener, then in the publicity department until he took over the Mickey Mouse Sunday strip in late 1938 until his retirement in 1981). The guy in bed under the blanket eying the approaching nurse is supposed to be Gonzales.

What makes it extra special is that 10 other colleagues from the Disney comic strip department have signed the card:

- Floyd Gottfredson (1905-1986; THE Mouse artist, among other things responsible for the Mickey Mouse Daily from 1930-1975 and the Mickey Mouse Sunday from 1932-1938; he headed the comic strip department until 1945/46 when Frank Riley was brought in)

- Bob Grant (1916-1968; 1935-38 animator at Disney ; 1939-68 Disney comic strip department where he worked on Silly Symphonies and most notably the Scamp strip)

- Bill Walsh (1913-1975; he scripted the Mickey Mouse daily from 1943-1962 (please have a look at my Gottfredson gallery, where I have the very first original daily Walsh ever scripted) and was an extremely successful writer/producer at Disney, where he was involved in Davy Crockett, Spin and Martin, The Mickey Mouse Club, The Hardy Boys, The Shaggy Dog, The Absent-Minded Professor, Son of Flubber, Mary Poppins, Blackbeard’s Ghost, The Love Bug, Bedknobs and Broomsticks and many more)

- Dick Huemer (1898-1979; worked as an animator for several studios until he joined Disney in 1933 where he had many accolades: directed the shorts « The Whalers » (1938) and « Goofy and Wilbur » (1939), was a story director on Fantasia (1940) and a writer on Dumbo (1941) & Alice in Wonderland (1951) and wartime classics such as The Fuehrer’s Face (1942) & The New Spirit (1942), etc.; was further involved in records, books & TV-shows at Disney and also wrote the « True-Life Adventures » newspaper feature from 1955-1973)

- Riley Thomson (1912-1960; worked as an animator for several studios until he joined Disney in 1936 where he had many accolades: he directed several Mickey Mouse short movies from 1940-42 and worked on Snow White (1937) & Fantasia (1950), etc.; in 1950 he moved into Disney comics, working on comic books for Western publishing until 1953 and being responsible for the Uncle Remus/Brer Rabbit Sunday from 1951-1959)

- Frank Reilly (1906-1977; he wrote became a comic strip editor in the late 1940’s and wrote Scorchy Smith from 1938-1939; he joined Disney in 1946 to lead their comic strip department, which he did until his retirement in 1975; he was also a regular writer on many series during his tenure, among others he wrote the Disney Christmas Classics /Stories from 1960-75)

- Jesse Marsh (1907-1966; he joined Disney as an animator in 1939 and worked on Pinocchio (1939) and Fantasia (1940), after the war he started to move into the comic sector with his most important contribution being his work on the Tarzan comic books where he was the main artist until 1965; from 1952-62 he worked on many Disney Treasury of Classic Tales Sunday strips such as Robin Hood, Sword and the Rose, Rob Roy, 20.000 Leagues under the Sea, Davy Crockett, Perry and much more)

- George Wheeler (1919-1989; started with Disney in the 1950’s and drew the « True-Life Adventures » newspaper feature from 1955-1973)

- George Stallings (1891-1963; worked as an animator for several studios until he joined Disney in the mid-1930’s: in 1938 he directed the Silly Symphonies short « Merbabies » and went on to work on Fantasia (1940), Dumbo (1941), Bambi (1942) and Song of the South (1946); he also wrote the Uncle Remus/Brer Rabbit Sunday from 1946-1963)

- Cenn Bonneau (?)

Pencil & ink with watercolors on paperstock.
From the collection/estate of Manuel Gonzales (1913-1993).

Social/Sharing

About the Owner

	Monty B Premium Gallery Owner
Joined:	January 2006
Last Login:	January 2026
Country:	Not Specified
On CAF:	Monty's Classifieds Monty's Want List Artworks Commented On Liked Art Site Activity on CAF

Contact the Owner

Use can use a contact form to send an email to this gallery owner,
but, you must be logged in to use this feature.

Comments on this Artwork

You must be logged in to make comments.

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 12/27/2025

Signed by a great line up of contemporaries! It shows that they really cared instead of just getting a card from the drug store.

All
	--J S-- 1/24/2026 2:40:00 AM
	Brad Potts 1/24/2026 2:38:00 AM
	Todd Warren 1/24/2026 2:34:00 AM
	Pop Warner 1/24/2026 2:18:00 AM
	David Dias 1/24/2026 1:45:00 AM
View All


	Miki Annamanthadoo 1/24/2026 1:42:00 AM
	Paul Biermann 1/24/2026 1:32:00 AM
	Bruce W 1/24/2026 12:30:00 AM
	Steven Ng 1/23/2026 11:56:00 PM
	Bill Cox 1/23/2026 11:21:00 PM