Hughes Auctions
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February Art & Design Auction

Fri, Feb 1, 2019 01:00PM EST
Lot 121

28 Piece Phil Mendez Original Animation Cartoon Art Collection

Estimate: $400 - $600

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $10
$200 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,000
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
$500,000 $50,000
Lot consists of 1 large piece on shaped foam core, 5 larger sheets of paper, 3 monochromatic blue numbered animation sheets (#9,10,14), 3 small framed pieces, 13 medium sized papers, and 3 smaller sized papers. Phil Mendez worked in animation for many years for Hanna-Barbera, DC and Marvel. He is the creator of the 1980s television series Kissyfur and Foofur and has also drawn comics for Charlton, featuring Hanna-Barbera characters, as well as Crunch Crunch (in Ghost Manor). Between 1975 and 1981, he made the newspaper strip Katz in the Simi Valley newspaper The Enterprise.