The zoo’s name is an in joke that cartoonists, particularly animators, will get instantly. T. S. Sullivant was the pre eminent caricaturist of animals for nearly forty years. His work had a huge influence on the Disney studio beginning with FANTASIA. You will recognize the hippos and elephants in Sullivant’s work. I wrote the introduction to Chapter 1 of A COCKEYED MENAGERIE, the first collection of Sullivant’s work since 1946, and once owned the illustration that appears on its cover. The 1946 collection is titled SULLIVANT’S A B C ZOO.
The zoo’s name is an in joke that cartoonists, particularly animators, will get instantly. T. S. Sullivant was the pre eminent caricaturist of animals for nearly forty years. His work had a huge influence on the Disney studio beginning with FANTASIA. You will recognize the hippos and elephants in Sullivant’s work. I wrote the introduction to Chapter 1 of A COCKEYED MENAGERIE, the first collection of Sullivant’s work since 1946, and once owned the illustration that appears on its cover. The 1946 collection is titled SULLIVANT’S A B C ZOO.