Ever wanted to meet Daws Butler, as well as other classic names in both animation and comic books? Back in the mid-seventies, visitors to San Diego Comic-Con could do just that. From my research, Butler appeared at the convention at least three times from 1974 to 1976. The pictures you see are of him at the 1976 event. In the second photo, he is joined by his wife, Myrtis Butler.
Easily the biggest year at SDCC for Butler was in 1975. That year, Butler was given the Inkpot Award, an honor given to the best of the best in comics, animation, science fiction, and beyond. Other recipients of the award in '75 included Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, Rod Serling, and Mark Evanier, who was good friends with Butler. If you don't follow his blog, News From ME, you should.
What I really wanted to share today is this snippet of audio we have of Butler being given the award. June Foray made the announcement, who earned an Inkpot Award herself the previous year (the first voice actor to have the award as well!). Daws accepted the award with a little help from one of his best friends, Huckleberry Hound. Take a listen to the recording here. I also recommend checking out the other snippets from this convention found in this link. If you love comics, you'd be crazy not to!
So nice to see you celebrating Daws Butler's birthday week. We are celebrating 108 years of this mans' life. He was a very special and unequaled talent. I was so blessed to call him a friend during the last 15 years of his life.
ReplyDeleteYou were indeed lucky in that regard!
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