HI-YO SILVER!

A punchy pop song about The Lone Ranger. Dick Robertson & his Orchestra.

MOSCOW LAUGHS

One of my favorite pieces of musical film. Opening number of JOLLY FELLOWS or MOSCOW LAUGHS;1934, USSR. Cleverly cut to approximate a five minute continuous pan across the countryside. That the director (Grigori Aleksandrov) was inspired by... SILLY SYMPHONIES is apparent. The singer is Leonid Utyosov, one of the few Russian jazz bandleaders of the time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzLpRUSPsoM&list=PLivNtQ6CpGkiYt20o3FjhdLz8NVuFaxJB&feature=share&index=20

BEGGING

Now guys are hanging out in gas stations begging money for their film projects! I had to tell him "NO" three times in increasing volume, as in a cartoon. "Buy my comic!" "Buy my CD!" "Finance my film!" Begging is becoming a way of life in the USA. Something is wrong.

TALE WITHOUT AN ENDING

When I was a kid, I wrote a long, unfinished story in a blank book. In a chapter of it, a kid (actually a prince) lands in a cave. A fat caveman wipes the pig's feet grease from his lips, gets up from his TV, and walks up menacingly to the kid, yelling, "What the hell is this piece of chickenshit doing in my goddamn house?" His wife lamely protests, "What language!" The caveman bites her ass off, and throws her to the dogs in the back. She made a good rubber bone.
Father & Mother, get it?

BTW; a beautiful girl showed up and killed the caveman by slicing him into pieces.

LET'S DRINK TO THE FUTURE!

Lloyd Keating (really Ben Selvin) & his Orchestra!

PANEL

From my in-progress CLR James book.

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WHEN I'M GONE...

When I know I am going to die, I will have my originals burned. No one will be able to lavish the praise (and cash) on me in death that the various Big Daddy Roth imitators are receiving during their lifetimes.

ANNOUNCEMENT!

A contest: DRAW YOUR FAVORITE BOHEMIAN AND WIN BIG PRIZES! From Verso Books, publishers of a book I'm in, BOHEMIANS. Good Luck! http://www.versobooks.com/blogs/1622-we-re-giving-away-2-posters-with-illustrations-from-bohemians-a-graphic-history-and-two-copies-of-the-book

SKETCHES

QUOTE

Ralph Bakshi on my more recent work: "Well, from it, I can see you know a lot more about the world. You know what life is. I dunno if I like that."

Yrs, MK

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ANTHOLOGIES

A few anthology books I'm proud to have taken a small part in recently:

 BOHEMIANS: A century of counter culture edited by Paul Buhle and rendered by a sparkling array of comic artists. Available from Verso Books.

Panels from "'Stretch' Johnson, my five page contribution to BOHEMIANS.

MOLASSES: Some very funny stuff here, engaging, new, and classic, too. Cover artist and editor, the enterprising Jason Payne. Available this September. Click HERE for previews.

Panels from "Blackbird Pie", my two page strip in MOLASSES.

APUCKALYPSE: Cartoonists from all parts of the globe given one page each to share their visions of the end time. In both English and Italian editions, both rocking with rueful laughter. Here, check out their Facebook page.



From my page in APUCKALYPSE.

Today's song: "My Canary has Circles Under his Eyes", a robust bouncer from England's Debroy Somers.

Yrs, MK



MOOD MUSIC FOR MILTON

One of th' good ol' favorites, HEARTS & FLOWERS.

Snazzy li'l tune...YOU DON'T LIKE IT (Not Much)

SEVEN YEARS WITH THE WRONG WOMAN

The humor in this song's a little bitter...

(Top image courtesy of Diane Wanek.)

THOUGHTS...FROM MY BRAIN. A-HYUK!

An acquaintance, working on storyboard correction at one of the studios, is being exhausted working overtime for no pay. I mean, no hourly rate. No pay at all. It can go on 'til 10 pm. He is the second person in our little group to be in this situation. The studios know you'll be jobless if you don't comply. It's become the normal situation. All the studios are doing it. The union does nothing.

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TOO FEW BOOKSHOPS, TOO MANY NAIL SALONS!!

Yrs, MK

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THE GOOD OL' BUMP 'N' GRIND

My YouTube playlist of naughty burlesque-type antics from the 1940s and 50s, and a few from the 1960s and '70s, too.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1uoHbzYQbsX-SxzxyLDhmk2xOxjwuim1&feature=mh_lolz

Happy Lechery!-MK

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THOUGHTS ON CARTOONING CRAFT

There was a SUPER RABBIT comic book (Marvel, 1940s) in which the hero saves a pig from jumping off a bridge, giving him $100 so he can "start anew". I like that better than the "heroes" of today who think of nothing but massaging their egos by killing each other.

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Thunderbean Animation has unearthed another "lost" animated artifact:

http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/lost-ted-eshbaugh-film-sammy-salvage-1943/

It's a little wonky (which I love), but I noticed as soon as it began that every detail is a work of art, filling the screen with an endless, ripe lushness. If I were growing up with today's fare, I might not even want to BE a cartoonist.

JIM TYER POLKA

Selected artworks I've assembled as a tribute to animation and comic book giant, Jim Tyer. http://youtu.be/8mnyzWRe024

COPYRIGHT 2014 BY MILTON KNIGHT