Editing Harman and Ising (section)

== Early history ==
Harman and Ising first worked in animation in 1922 at [[Laugh-O-Gram Studio]], [[Walt Disney]]'s studio in [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=The A to Z of Animation and Cartoons |last=Dobson |first=Nichola |publisher=Scarecrow Press |year=2010 |isbn=9781461664024 |pages=58}}</ref> When Disney moved operations to [[California]], Harman was back at United Film Ad Service and Ising had a photofinishing business. Their plans went nowhere, however, and the men soon came back to Disney on June 22, 1925, to work on his ''[[Alice Comedies]]'' and ''[[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit]]'' films. Ising was fired from Disney in March 1927, when Disney signed the contract to distribute Oswald films to [[Universal Pictures]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney |last=Barrier |first=Michael |publisher=[[University of California Press]] |year=2007 |isbn=978-0520256194 |pages=46–51|url=https://archive.org/details/animatedmanlifeo00barr/}}</ref> It was during this time that Harman and Ising developed a style of cartoon drawing that would later be closely associated with, and credited to, Disney.

When producer [[Charles Mintz]] ended his association with Disney, the majority of Disney's animators, including Harman and Ising, went to work for Mintz, whose brother-in-law, George Winkler, set up a new animation studio to make the ''Oswald'' cartoons. The Oswald cartoons which Harman and Ising produced in 1928 and 1929 already show their distinctive style, which would later characterize their work on the ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' and ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' cartoon series for Warner Bros.<ref name="Putterman, Barry 1935 p 10">Putterman, Barry, "Le origini: il periodo Harman-Ising (1930-1935)" ''Griffithiana'' Vol VII nr 16-17 (June 1984); p 10.</ref> Late in 1929, [[Universal Pictures]] who owned the rights to Oswald, started its own animation studio headed by [[Walter Lantz]], replacing Mintz and forcing Harman and Ising out of work.<ref>Putterman, Barry, "Le origini: il periodo Harman-Ising (1930-1935)" ''Griffithiana'' Vol VII nr 16-17 (June 1984); p 11.</ref>