Murad Gumen
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Murad Gumen is a Turkish American illustrator, cartoonist, and animator. He is known for his work on both Disney and Warner Bros. cartoons characters such as Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck, Betty Boop, and the Tasmanian Devil. He is also a filmmaker known for productions such as Renald Rap's Rambling With Renald Rap. Aside from his work in the entertainment business, Murad Gumen is believed to be the creator of the controversial website Tall Armenian Tale.[1]
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[edit] Biography
Gumen's father was Sururi Gumen who was also an illustrator and who worked on Alfred Andriola's comic strip Kerry Drake.[1]
[edit] Tall Armenian Tale
Murad Gumen is claimed to be the creator of the controversial Web site Tall Armenian Tale,[1] whose purpose is to convince its readers that the Armenian Genocide is a lie. The site is highly pointed in tone and contains passages that describe Armenians as lemmings, and inherently traitorous.[2] The Gumen link was discovered after the historian Taner Akcam, whose work and character are assailed in Tall Armenian Tale, investigated a letter that the site's author claimed to have sent to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.[3] The version posted on Tall Armenian Tale was left unsigned whereas the original, held in the museum's archives, was signed Murad Gumen.[4] The creator of the Web site, who uses the pseudonym "Holdwater", has declined to confirm or deny that he is Gumen.[5]
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Renald Rap's Rambling with Renald Rap | TV Series |
| 1993 | Wonderguy | Producer |
| 2003 | Daddy | Harold Usher, State Police Lab |
| 2005 | Eve's Preyer | Producer |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Ekşi, Özgür (2007-06-21). Murad'ı deşifre etti. Hürriyet. Retrieved on 2008-05-20. (Turkish)
- ^ (Psychology),(Homeland),(Morgenthau III) Tall Armenian Tale: The Other Side of the Falsified Genocide.
- ^ Ali Murat Guven (2005-07-27). Ermenileri çıldırtan gizemli Amerikalı. Yeni Safak. Retrieved on 2008-05-17. (Turkish) (“The Mysterious American Who Drives the Armenians Mad”)
- ^ "Holdwater: The mysterious name behind the "premier" anti-Armenian website." The University of Minnesota Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.
- ^ Holdwater's response to Akcam's claim.
