Harvey Eisenberg (February 11, 1911 – April 22, 1965) was an American animator and comic book artist. Best known for his work with

William Hanna William Denby Hanna (July 14, 1910 – March 22, 2001) was an American animator and cartoonist who was the creator of ''Tom and Jerry'' as well as the voice actor for the two title characters. Alongside Joseph Barbera, he also founded the anim ...

and Joseph Barbera at the

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and later at their own

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, Eisenberg illustrated a large number of comic book stories and comic strips starring characters such as ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'', while also working as an animation layout artist and character designer on the cartoons themselves.Shostak, Stu (03-11-2011).
Interview with Jerry Eisenberg, Scott Shaw!, and Earl Kress
. ''Stu's Show.'' Retrieved 03-18-2013. Jerry Eisenberg, Scott Shaw!, and

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were all former employees of Hanna-Barbera over the years, and relate the history of the studio to hot Stu Shostak Eisenberg was a native of

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, New York of German descent, where as an adult he met another cartoonist, Joseph Barbera. Barbera later got Eisenberg a job at the

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in the late 1930s, where Eisenberg worked in Barbera and William Hanna's unit doing layouts for ''

'' cartoons. From 1946 to 1951, Eisenberg and Joseph Barbera were partners in Dearfield Publishing, a comic book company with titles such as ''"Red" Rabbit Comics'', ''Foxy Fagan'', and ''Junie Prom''. Eisenberg went into comic book illustration full-time from the late 1940s on, and illustrated many issues of ''Tom and Jerry'' and later Hanna-Barbera related comic books and children's books. His prolific career as an illustrator of Hanna-Barbera comics has drawn comparison to the work Carl Barks did for

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. Eisenberg's son Jerry Eisenberg became a storyboard artist, layout artist, and character designer for Hanna-Barbera in the late 1950s, and later also worked for

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as well. Following a series of

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, Harvey Eisenberg died on April 22, 1965.

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* 1911 births 1965 deaths Animators from New York (state) Artists from Brooklyn American comics artists Hanna-Barbera people Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio people American people of German descent {{HannaBarbera-stub