These are great! I'm not in any way familiar with this strip, but I love how the poses read so well. "Momma" was very carried in the Brazilian newpapers, more exactly, in the Rio de Janeiro-based "O Globo". Read & See Your Post Wording The
Charlie Brubaker, I could notice how Jerry Scott modernized the Nancy comic strip in the 80s and 90s. But, after that Guy & Brad Gilchrist took over this same strip, they recovered the old charm that the late Ernie Bushmiller employed on th…
One of the animation magazines gave 2 Stupid Dogs (plus Rocko's Modern Life) an unfair critique when determining the ranks of Ren & Stimpy's first few "successors". Rocko particularly became memorable enough for the comparisons to be superf…
So, Shin didn't actually animate in USA, but Korea? Interesting.Also, Leonardi never talked about going to Barcelona to work on those shorts made with Balser. He was also never credited for the work he did there Shin was in US for the most
Great interview! I wonder if David DePatie talks about subcontracting Blue Racers and Hoot Kloots to overseas studios in Part 3. For that, it would be interesting to contact Robert Balser, who did some subcontracted work for DFE at his stud…
great article...thanks for posting. Great interview so far, I'm really looking forward to the rest! I hope all of your interviews result in a DFE oral history of some kind. Great interview. I hope we will get some interesting information fr…
According to my notes I have it in the Deseret News until 5/18; started there 2/19. Was I too bleary-eyed?--Allan I got the dates from the comments Cole Johnson left on your site. (He said the dailies ended April 28, 1996, with the Sunday e…
We start with the outline. Either one of the writers will come to me with an idea or we’ll brainstorm one in the writers’ room. The outline is under two pages long and covers the main beats and motivations of the story. Then once the networ…
We start with the outline. Either one of the writers will come to me with an idea or we’ll brainstorm one in the writers’ room. The outline is under two pages long and covers the main beats and motivations of the story. Then once the networ…
The segmented eyes idea is brilliantly demented! Wow! A primary document from the animation renaissance! Out of all the What-A-Cartoon shorts, this is by FAR the best one! The animation in this is INCREDIBLE!Thank God for people like Eddie
Oh, yeah.I started collecting 16mm films back in August of 1979. I used to make it a point of buying 12 cartoons a month because I'd have a film parties and always wanted to run about an hours worth of "new" cartoons for each one. For me, i…
Thanks for this, Charles. I really enjoyed Arnold in the Wash Post way back when. "White Death" still cracks me up. AIEE! I can imagine Petey screaming "white death" in your strip.Weird cartoon characters of the world, UNITE!AIEEE! They don…