Cartoons In The Home
Milton Knight returns with a look at those obscure animated home movies – made by even more obscure early animators.
Category Archives: WORLD OF KNIGHT
Mish Mish and More: The Frenkel Brothers
The story of the Egyptian Frenkel Brothers – at a time when American animation, mainly Disney’s, was more than enough.
Yasuji Murata: The Droll Fantasist
Murata was a rare animator that followed Winsor McCay’s lead: he conveyed his fantastic tales in a rather droll, dry manner.
Brazil: Animated Beginnings
This article is on three individuals who had long lasting impact on Brazil’s early animation – most of their films unavailable, lost or locked away in the archives.
Victor Bergdahl, Kapten Grogg and Other Strange Creatures
Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo inspired cartoonists world wide. Victor Bergdahl was one of those bitten by the animation bug.
Sanae Yamamoto: Cartooning In The Wild
He directed the 1960s feature known here as “Gulliver’s Travels Beyond The Moon”. But his unknown early work, back in the 30s and 40s, is brilliant!
Mysterious Master: Hakuzan Kimura
Like most early animators, Hakuzan Kimura came from a background of graphic work within the movie industry; in his case, advertising posters.
Soyuzmultfilm 1960s: Fairy Tales For Adults
Soyuzmultfilm, the largest animation studio in Russia, is best known for its fairy tale animation. Less familiar are its cartoons produced for adult audiences which were anti-capitalist civic propaganda.
Soyuzmultfilm: The Fun Years
Those of us who are Baby Boomers are possibly acquainted with Russian animation without knowing it. Those elaborate, sober, drowsy cartoons with stereotyped casts of sly wolves and foxes, vulnerable…
Superkatt: His Story
Editor’s Note: Milton Knight returns to Cartoon Research today to shed light on one of his favorite comic book series and its artist creator, Dan Gordon – an animator who…
