Though Popeye was no longer being produced, the cartoons released in the 1957-58 season would be a last hurrah for the veteran crew before the budgets were completely slashed, staff was cut and the production order reduced.
PARAMOUNT / FAMOUS STUDIOS • ORIGINAL TITLES Paramount Pictures had a cartoon department for 40 years (from 1927 to 1967), but the studio has done everything it could to erase…
All our action this week is centered upon four characters, all installments containing self-winks to the illustrated media.
Another batch of animated eccentricities, all featuring characters that are well aware they are in a cartoon.
1943 continued to abound in self-conscious cartoons, ever aware of their theatrical venue.
The wartime years continued to bring us self-referential cartoons, ones breaking the fourth wall, and immersing characters into the movie-going experience.
1942 is our subject year. Tex Avery’s influence on breaking the fourth wall overflows to other studios.
Some behind the scenes at Disney, a new franchise for Goofy, and the debut of Walter Lantz’s most durable personality.
All action today takes place in 1938, and all from two studios: Warner Bros and Paramount.
The 1930’s continued to progress, as animated characters became more and more knowledgeable about their own world.
