New “Old” Animation
Several new TV spots are done in retro style. I have to wonder how inspired these are from Cuphead — and I wonder what the future holds in terms of further stylistic influence.
Several new TV spots are done in retro style. I have to wonder how inspired these are from Cuphead — and I wonder what the future holds in terms of further stylistic influence.
Dusting off a survey of classic cartoons featuring vacuum cleaners – yep, that’s the theme of this latest animation trail.
So many of the Flip The Frog master elements look really excellent, and the restoration effort on this particular set is perhaps my biggest. Here’s an update.
I thought I’d write a little this week about the basic stages of producing a Thunderbean title, using the Flip the Frog Blu-ray set as an example.
Here are some frames from the beginning and ending leader of Flip prints that are amusing to see (and of course were never intended to be seen by an audience).
As a special treat this week, here is the first restoration we’ve made public: the *almost* finished clean up of A Chinaman’s Chance (1932), with the Celebrity Pictures titles.
There’s no cartoon this week; instead, a sort-of ‘part 1’ update on various projects, all of them
“On the Thunderbean Front”.
One of the creepiest cartoons we’ve ever seen — based on the scary live action grandfather clock face. If this kind of thing scares you too, skip the live action and just watch the animation
Here’s a sort-of summary of the events of the week: Fleischer Rareties; Flip The Frog; and some beloved Van Bueren cartoons – now restored!
We’re about to scan the very last film for the almost otherwise complete Fleischer Rarities set. One of the coolest items we’ve found (at least to me…), a “Traveltoon”.