Myron "Grim" Natwick was an American artist, animator, and film director. Natwick is best known for drawing the Fleischer Studios' most popular character, Betty Boop.
Natwick, 1969
Sheet music cover from 1915, one of Grim Natwick's earliest published efforts
Fleischer Studios was an American animation studio founded in 1929 by brothers Max and Dave Fleischer, who ran the pioneering company from its inception until its acquisition by Paramount Pictures, the parent company and the distributor of its films. In its prime, Fleischer Studios was a premier producer of animated cartoons for theaters, with Walt Disney Productions being its chief competitor in the 1930s.
Talkartoons promotional poster with studio logo
Gulliver's Travels (1939) was Fleischer Studios' first feature-length animated production.