Cooking With Boop! Fleischer Promo Art #19
“Some of the cartoons below may reflect the period in which they were made, when racial stereotypes and prejudices were commonplace. These were wrong then and wrong now, and do…
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More Animated Pilots
Today I continue with more cartoon pilots that never went anywhere. Hang on tight, because there are more of these than you thought lying around. Here’s a fresh crop. Samson…
Fleischer Promo Art #16: “Betty Slays ‘Em!”
Did Paramount Sales News get sent to exhibitors around the globe, I wonder? Paramount had its international news trade, but I suspect even these crossed the border regularly, since Fleischer…
Fleischer Promo Art #15: “Popeye Lays ‘Em!”
Although it wouldn’t be released until November 1936, Paramount was keen on promoting Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor whenever and wherever it could. Dig that July 1 panel…
Fleischer Promo Art #14: “Betty Boop – The Audience’s Eyeful”
Continuing my weekly postings of these rare Fleischer Studio promotional illustrations – this time from the May and June 1936 issues of in-house trade publication Paramount Sales News. As summer…
Fleischer Promo Art #12: “Betty Boop And The Little King”
Big things happened for Popeye in 1936, whereas they remained stagnant as ever for Betty (aren’t you just tired of reading that?). That release season has been cited recently as…
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…
Fleischer Promo Art #11: “Join The Popeye Clubs!”
November-December 1935 We round out the last two months of 1935 with a handful of holiday themed panels. The “Popeye Club” the sailor touts was in response to the animated…
Exotic Animals for Animation
Which are more popular in animation — cats or dogs? Yes, I have been asked this question. But the more that I think about it, the more meaningless it seems….
“Farmer Alfalfa” on the Big Screen
Ask almost any baby boomer who grew up on television programming of the late 1940s and early 50s about their earliest memories of cartoons. Many will mention Farmer Alfalfa. Or…
