A Look At “Cuphead” (2017) and it’s Inspiration: “The Picnic Panic” (1935)
“Cuphead” is a lot of fun, but let’s take a look at it’s inspiration: ‘The Picnic Panic’ (1935). Also Thunderbean updates (and a last chance on special sets and pre-orders).
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STOP-MOTION MARVELS: “George Washington Modeled in Clay (1927) and “Red Riding Hood” (1926)
We’ve been working on the sequel to the out of print Stop Motion Marvels, featuring a whole series of rare shorts.
Is “Nonsense Newsreel” the Strangest Terrytoon Ever?
A bit of a ‘cheater’ for the studio, and a bizarre one at that. At first glance, it doesn’t really look like a Terrytoon in it’s design, humor and even backgrounds.
Ted Eshbaugh’s “Cap’n Cub” (1945) – and ‘Momotaro’s Sea Eagles’ (1943)
A pair of World War II era aviation animation classics – one from the US with a high flying bear cub, the other from Japan with a patriotic monkey pilot.
Putting Together a Show of Classic Animation
What kind of cartoon show would you put together? And what cartoons would you never show? Here’s my list.
Scrappy in “Minding the Baby” (1931)
At the risk of this seeming like ‘Scrappy Thursday’, here’s another Columbia this week, and an interesting and really fun one.
A Puppetoon Break: “Aladdin and The Magic Lamp” (1936)
This is a great example of how loose, fun and well-posed the Puppetoon animation had progressed into by the late 30s.
“Let’s Go!” (1937)
Thunderbean News: Im sitting here, after a whole day of attempting to sit here, evaluating cleanups on Flip the Frog cartoons. On my mind are the many, many fixes. The…
A Foray into Foray – and “Scrappy’s Expedition” (1934)
Scrappy’s Expedition was one of the first Scrappy’s I ever saw – though many of the Hollywood caricatures are unrecognizable to young people these days.
