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…
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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…
Fleischer Promo Art #10: “Betty Boop – Always At Your Service!”
The most historical occasion of the September-October 1935 Fleischer output went by without so much as a whisper in the advertisements. The relationship between Bill Costello (“Red Pepper Sam”) and…
“Mr. Bug” and “Hoppity” Go To Town
While Steve Stanchfield takes a well-deserved break after a whirl-wind trip to LA this past week (he’ll be back next week with BIG news), I’ll fill in today by posting…
Fleischer Promo Art #8: “Boop Power!”
This week we cover May and June 1935 – with more rarely seen Fleischer promotional art from the pages of Paramount Sales News. By now, Betty was in long skirts…
Fleischer Promo Art #5: “Popeye and Betty, Box Office Champs”
Here we are, the fifth and final installment of 1934’s Paramount Sales News cartoons by Hal Seeger. The sun has set on Betty Boop while the Popeyes are increasingly excellent….
Fleischer Promo Art #4: “Betty Boop’s Box-Office Farm”
Starting in July 1934, all films had to pass under the Motion Picture Production Code, and that is usually blamed for destroying the Betty Boop series (the garter seen here…
Fleischer Promo Art #3: “Popeye Sez!”
Welcome to week three of Paramount Sales News. Either the first June 1934 issue was missing, or they didn’t print one this week, but we’ve got another fine assortment of…
