1.0HappyCowhttps://www.happycow.net/blogJohn Edmundsonhttps://www.happycow.net/blog/author/johnnysensible/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="pBYdUGjB6N"><a href="https://www.happycow.net/blog/dangers-of-flesh-eating/">Dangers of Flesh Eating …& some Walt Disney reflections.</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.happycow.net/blog/dangers-of-flesh-eating/embed/#?secret=pBYdUGjB6N" width="600" height="338" title="“Dangers of Flesh Eating …& some Walt Disney reflections.” — HappyCow" data-secret="pBYdUGjB6N" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.happycow.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/VegMouseLutzMini.jpg580276A cartoon from the Ernest Bell Library. ‘Dangers of Flesh Eating’ – by – Edwin George (E. G.) Lutz (1868-1946)  Life Magazine – the issue of April 27, 1911. Click on either image to see a bigger versions! Detail – at higher resolution We have not discovered much about E. G. Lutz’s life – but he was the grand-daddy of many of the glorious cartoons which we have grown up with. From the look of the cat, we can also imagine that E. G. Lutz appreciated Louis Wain’s work. This particular cartoon is not a Disney piece, but when we found it we quickly realized the Walt Disney connection. E. G. Lutz was a major influence on Walt Disney. Scroll down a little to read some quotes about this. Disney’s own Mickey Mouse was was created by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks at the Walt Disney Studios in 1928. Ub Iwerks – drawing Mickey – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ub_Iwerks Full Disney / Lutz article here – http://imprint.printmag.com/animation/how-walt-disney-used-his-kansas-city-library-card/ Extracts – ~ It was also during this time that Disney obtained a copy of the newly published “Animated Cartoons – How They Are Made Their Origin And Development” by Edwin George (E.G.) Lutz, from the Kansas City Public Library. […]