from 1907 to 1909, drawing a comic named Little Johnny and the Teddy Bears, simply named The Teddy Bears in its first run.

Bray became interested in animation in the early years of moving pictures. In 1913, his first animated film was released, titled The Dachshund and the Sausage: A Comic Artist's Dream. By 1914, he opened a New York area studio specifically organized to make animated films. Unlike newspaper cartoonist Winsor McCay, who had been making short