Raised in the same rough Brownsville, Brooklyn ghetto that would later produce boxer Mike Tyson, Ralph Bakshi began his career following his high school graduation as an animator with Terrytoons, inking such cartoon characters as Heckyll and Jeckyll and Mighty Mouse. Appointed creative director of Terrytoons in 1965, he became president of Paramount's New York cartoon division the following year,…
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