Bob Clampett’s “John Carter of Mars”
In 1936, Bob Clampett met author Edgar Rice Burroughs and tried to convince him he could sell a series of cartoons based on his John Carter of Mars stories.
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Animation Anecdotes #376
“You know, I often ask myself if I were in a burning house and I could carry out either the original negative to Bambi or the Mona Lisa, what would it be?”
The Censored 11: “Coal Black and The Sebben Dwarfs” (1943)
This Bob Clampett “Merrie Melodies” cartoon from Warner Brothers is a one-film time capsule of the peak of American cartooning.
Bob Clampett’s “A Gruesome Twosome” (1945)
The good news—finally, an animator breakdown on a Bob Clampett cartoon! The bad news, however, is that only the first page of the animator draft is available.
RADIO ROUND-UP: Miscellaneous Catchphrases
Want to know where more of these pet phrases from cartoons originated? This post reveals their origins, from various popular radio programs of the Golden Age.
Disney Cartoon Parodies
Disney characters and films are so iconic – and represent all that is good and clean – that they are a tempting target for parody. Here are a few classic examples.
Jim Korkis on Bob Clampett’s “Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs” (1943)
Bob Clampett was responsible for a still-controversial cartoon short, a scathing parody of Disney’s Snow White – with black caricatures.
Those Warner Bros. ‘Gremlin’ Cartoons
Two Warner Bros. animated shorts were already too far into production when Roy Disney made a request to Leon Schlesinger not produce any gremlins shorts.
Animation Anecdotes #296
Reason and Emotion (1943) was a wartime short made by the Disney, depicting emotions as cartoon personas. The character of Emotion was modeled after animator Ward Kimball.
In His Own Words: Bob Clampett Talks About Robert McKimson
Here is a letter I received from Bob Clampett, dated March 28th, 1978, which provided me with further insight on Robert McKimson for an article I was writing.
