ANDY PANDA (1939)

Sheet music from the Walter Lance Andy Panda Cartoons by Universal Pictures.Music and Lyrics by Ann Ronell. Published by W.A.Quincke & Co.,New York. Andy Panda is a cartoon character who starred in his own series of animated cartoon short subjects produced by Walter Lantz.These "cartunes" were released by Universal Pictures from 1939 to 1947, and United Artists from 1948 to 1949. The title character is an anthropomorphic cartoon character, a cute panda. Andy became the second star of the Walter Lantz cartoons after Oswald the Lucky Rabbit . He achieved considerable popularity until being eventually supplanted by Woody Woodpecker.
In late 1937, when Lantz had a trip to a zoo. There, the main attraction of the place was a young panda of which Lantz drew pictures. He would then use his drawings to construct a new character. Andy frequently pals with his girlfriend Miranda Panda, Oswald the Rabbit, his sidekick Charlie Chicken, Woody Woodpecker, and his Papa.

Andy led a major part of his career in comic books, in Dell Comics' Crackajack Comics and New Funnies. One early Andy Panda comic book adventure was drawn by Carl Barks (New Funnies #76, 1943). John Stanley also did Andy Panda comic book work.