Tuesday, August 9, 2016

...WITH A CAST OF UNFORGETTABLE CHARACTERS!

The Popeye characters are best of all; but aside from them, I've thought of my four favorites.

The Terrible Tempered Mr. Bang in TOONERVILLE PICNIC (1936)

I think Mr. Bang was the best character the Van Beuren studio ever used, even if he wasn't in the best cartoons the studio made (and the studio didn't create him). There is an effective absence of background music in the set-up scene. This film is the last completed by the studio.

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Dogface in A SELF MADE MONGREL (1945)

If there is a single, solitary Famous Studios character I can relate to, it's DOGFACE!! Check out the cynical "cartoon blues" hidden by the heavy dialogue.

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Wally Walrus in CHEW CHEW BABY (1945)

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2kw64c

I can't praise the "concept" of Wally enough; a pompous, lovelorn, gluttonous "solid citizen" who could probably dig in and enjoy his life if it wasn't for the woodpecker. Gullible and dumb, but not as grievously cretinous as Fudd. And an extreme case of the voice "being" the character. Other actors were never as effective. Woody certainly had a colorful gallery of adversaries.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2kw64c

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Butch in GRIN AND SHARE IT (1957)

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1vs4o2_grin-and-share-it-1957_shortfilms

Deadly greed deeply camouflaged in a stereotyped Irish jollity. Even his music is harmless bumptiousness as he sets up his nefarious traps.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1vs4o2_grin-and-share-it-1957_shortfilms

Monday, August 8, 2016

YUMMI & FRIENDS

I've found quite a few works I'll be posting, since I am no longer posting work in development.

Yummi YumYumm and her Aunt Peg had some kind of S&M scene going. (Yummi was to have been a character in MIDNITE THE REBEL SKUNK, but that book was cancelled. Pages here are from the early 2000s, one story appeared in WILD KINGDOM.)

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Zoe is from a strip I drew for HIGH TIMES in the mid 1980s. (Drawings from late 2000s.)

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Song of the Day: I love hearing pseudo-Gospel pop songs sung by operatically trained singers who roll their 'R's.

Radio Melody Boys (Harry Hudson) - "River Stay 'Way From My Door" (1931)

Wednesday, August 3, 2016

CARTOONING WAS FUN

Once one could get a weekly salary for drawing like this.

From "The Hairy-Berry Bush" by Jim Tyer.

Friday, July 29, 2016

SOME PAINTINGS

FEELING BLAH

DELIGHT

BRICK WALL

FAT WITCH

COPYRIGHT 2016 BY MILTON KNIGHT

Saturday, July 23, 2016

ALMOST DONE RANTING (I HOPE)...

People get irate when I lay part of the blame on the Democratic doorstep, but I do. I know of no one with more than a grudging approval of Ms. Clinton, even on FB. They weren't even trying. We can't afford to deny on our own shortcomings.
I'm sorry, the Dems did an incredibly weak job, and most of its voters will be too disillusioned or frightened of the future (very popular at the moment) to act. I've always felt that "our side" needs a "gonzo" candidate of its own, but they won't get one. The Dems should know by now that straight, mild Marquis of Queensbury types (who actually veer to the "right" so they will not "offend" voters) just won't capture a public when things have reached their current state..under a Dem president who wanted to play "bi-partisan" with people who wanted to see him dead; all colors of the public actually wanted marked improvement after W eight years ago, and we did not get it).
This is an age of meaningless conviction. The best the powers can do is accuse, deny or defend. "Well, so-and-so would have been worse..." Black Lives Matter has been the strongest movement in over 20 years. But I don't know if even Obama supports it. And *what-the-fuck* harm could it do if he came up with a meaningful statement now??

It's almost funny: if there is a President Trump, there will be a fierce internal struggle; nobody in Washington, even his aides, actually respects or likes him, or has faith in his abilities. They're just hitching their wagons to a maniac (by now a product, not an individual).

Friday, July 22, 2016

IT STILL MATTERS

To those who objected to my "Black Lives Matter" statement last night:

Those who cloud the issue, choosing to be confused and offended by it just can't face the issue. 50+ years ago, it was necessary for protesters to insist:

Does that threaten some people? Are you going to scream, "Well I'm a man, too"? You're sure acting like that.

BTW, Why doesn't Trump release his tax returns? "Just what are you hiding?"

Thursday, July 21, 2016

"ALL LIVES MATTER 2"

It still must be stated and restated that "Black Lives Matter" because society has demonstrated through concentrated efforts long and often that they *don't*. Bigoted whites immediately retort "All Lives Matter" to neutralize the issue; confuse it; wipe it away. But the problem is *not* equal. That "White Lives Matter" hardly needs restating. Again, it's demonstrated every day, every minute.-MK

Monday, July 18, 2016

"ALL LIVES MATTER"

Cartoon by A. B. Frost.

Monday, July 4, 2016

ILLUSTRATIONS VIVID

Quite a different approach by Huang Jing in this series of illustrations for THE LONG-HAIRED MAIDEN, 1986.

Saturday, July 2, 2016

BEHIND THE IRON CUR-TOON

Jerry Beck just posted my article on his CARTOON RESEARCH blog: FAIRY TALES FOR ADULTS! Soviet animation for grown-ups, 1949-1967...

http://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/soyuzmultfilm-fairy-tales-for-adults/

Monday, June 27, 2016

THOUGHT

I hid thousands of my own originals from myself. It's less dizzying to produce more. Nowadays I'm trying not to look at the art I finished even *the week before*.