Max Fleischer’s “Pudgy The Watchman” (1938)
Today, we’re going to look into a post-code Betty Boop with her little pal, Pudgy! Many of the Fleischer cartoons featuring Betty Boop, including the early Talkartoons before her official…
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Fleischer Promo Art #28
Interestingly, Paramount Sales News has been getting a bit behind on the latest Fleischer cartoons by not just months but years. Lost and Foundry was arguably one of the bigger…
On With The New! Fleischer Promo Art #27
Upon closer inspection, these Paramount Sales News publicity drawings are not exactly the same art as the images prepared for the one-sheet posters for the Fleischer cartoons themselves. While the…
Max Fleischer Promo Art #26
The original artwork for these Paramount Sales News cartoons is probably next to nonexistent, but thanks to Bob Jaques (who else?), we know that at least the artwork for Sept….
New Characters: Max Fleischer Promo Art #25
What’s interesting about this batch (and last week’s) is that these are 1938 clippings promoting cartoons from 1937. Maybe they’re making up for the downtime during the strike? Note that…
Popeye and Betty Boop Only: Max Fleischer Promo Art #24
Bit of a downer after last week’s variety… Back to Popeye and Betty only. But we’ll be seeing more Fleischer faces in weeks to come. The May 4, 1938 installment…
The Shape of Things To Come: Max Fleischer Promo Art #23
Fleischer Studios was entering an important transitional phase and the Paramount Sales News cartoons actually advertised it. Most noteworthy is the April 6th panel (above) showing a model of “the…
Max Fleischer Promo Art #22
Bigger than MacMurray, Lombard, and Bing? The ads seem to think so. I love that the marketing people promoted the idea that Popeye and Betty had the same star power…
“Betty Boop at 16” Fleischer Promo Art #21
Continuing my postings of these rare Fleischer Studio promotional illustrations – this time from the November and December 1937 issues of in-house trade publication Paramount Sales News. As the panels…
“Tha’s A Fack!” Fleischer Promo Art #20
This week we look at the seven pieces of Fleischer promotional art that appeared in Paramount Sales News from May through Oct. 1937. Only seven? For the first time since…
