Thursday, June 5, 2014

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.

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