Alfred Julius Eugster (February 11, 1909 – January 1, 1997) was an American animator, writer, and film director. He served as a blackener on Felix The Cat cartoons in the 1920s and as an animator on the 1960 TV series. He also drew for the Felix the Cat Sunday comic strip for Otto Messmer in the late 1920s.
He was interviewed in Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat.
Filmography[]
Theatrical shorts[]
From April 1925 to April 1929, Eugster's job was to blacken in drawings of Felix and other characters at Pat Sullivan Studio. Most of the studio's animation was done on paper and not cels. The cartoons are not listed here.
Felix the Cat (1960)[]
- The Loan Business (working title: The Banker)
- Instant Money (working title: Strikes It Rich)
- Felix's Gold Mine (working title: Yukon Gold)
- The Genie (working title: The Genie's Debut)
- Unknown episode (working title: Loan Company)
- The North Pole and a Walrus Hunt (working title: Walrus)
- The Trip Back from the North Pole (working title: Walrus Enroute)
- Unknown episode (working title: Liquid Light)[1]
Biblography[]
- Four Color #119 (1946) ("Middle Age" and "Old China")
- Felix the Cat #1 (1948) ("Herman and Sherman")[2]
Gallery[]
Eugster in Pat Sullivan's staff
A page from Eugster's work journal noting his involvement with the production of a television episode on the Felix the Cat 1960 series.