William Van Horn (born February 15, 1939) is a

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artist and writer, and has been since 1988. He draws mostly

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and

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stories, and he has also written and/or illustrated stories based on the

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''. Some of these stories featured

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as the main character. William's son

Noel Van Horn Noel Van Horn (born July 6, 1968) is a cartoonist born in the United States and living in Canada. He mainly produces Disney comics starring Mickey Mouse. He is the son of William Van Horn, a comics artist who is also well known for his work in Di ...

is also a Disney comics artist, focusing on

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stories.

Work

Prior to his association with Disney, Van Horn drew and wrote the black-and-white comic book '' Nervous Rex'' for

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. Focusing on the misadventures of a small, non-violent tyrannosaurus, the series ran for ten issues, from 1985 to 1987. Afterward, also for Blackthorne, he drew and wrote a short-lived superhero parody comic called "Possibleman," which ran for two issues. In the first years of his career as a Disney Comics artist William often worked with

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on the stories. In 1994 he did the art for

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' final script, '' Horsing around with History'', which was released in

Uncle Scrooge Adventures ''Uncle Scrooge Adventures'' is a 1987-1997 Disney comic book series published by Gladstone Publishing under license from the Walt Disney Company. It features the adventures of Scrooge McDuck and his nephews Donald, Huey, Dewey, and Louie. It wa ...

#33. Here is a list of characters William Van Horn created for the Duck universe: * Baron Itzy Bitzy - a whistling flea that Scrooge has. *

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- Scrooge's half brother who at first was believed to be Scrooge's cousin. * Woimly Filcher - an enemy of Donald Duck and his nephews. He often draws a small fly or mosquito flying around his comics. It is his "registered trademark", and if one finds it in a story, it's probably drawn by him.

Reprints

In November 2020 it was announced that Van Horn's Disney comics would get comprehensively collected as a part of

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'' line beginning in 2021. * ''Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge: Pie in the Sky: Disney Masters Vol. 18'', 2021, Fantagraphics,

References

External links

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William Van Horn
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