Cartoon Brew has a post linking to a Russian site, where they do side by side comparisons of frames, to show you how often Disney animators reused animation sequences. The site is in Russian, but the photos are readily understandable, so I encourage you to visit it. This is pretty interesting. I hadn’t known about it, but it makes sense. Hand animation is very hard and tedious work, and if one can use shortcuts without taking away from the viewer’s enjoyment, why not? Here’s the link.
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Tunes for 'Toons Screening
From Cartoon Brew: “Next Saturday, April 29th, ASIFA-Hollywood is holding a special film program and lecture illustrating the world of music as seen through classic Hollywood cartoons. Animation historian Daniel Goldmark will be discussing the story behind the musicians who made our favorite musical cartoons.” Here’s the link.
Untapped comics riches – article from 1933 Modern Mechanics
Found this on Boing Boing: “Cory Doctorow: From Charlie, this 1933 scanned article from Modern Mechanix discussing all of the then-successful comic artists, how they got their start, and how comics are made and distributed. Includes Ripley’s Believe it or Not, Buck Rogers, Mutt & Jeff, Mickey Mouse, Popeye, Rube Goldberg and a lot more. ‘The ‘funnies’ you read every day bring $8,000,000 a year to a small group of 200 cartoonists’. How they rose to the top and how you can enter their select circle is told here by leading comic artists…” Good stuff! Here is the link.
Foney Fables
Today on Refrederator: “Foney Fables” 🙂 This is classic cartoon satire of the beautiful fables of youth. Many of these were made in the 40’s. A really nice bonus: can you recognize the voice of the boy who cries wolf? How about the voice of the duck that lays the golden eggs? Hint: think Looney Tunes! Here is the link.
Where did the whole "give an apple to the teacher" thing come from?
Ask Yahoo! has the answer to this applelicious question: “Kids who really want good grades should consider giving their teachers Apple computers or iPods. If that’s not possible, however, fruit remains a tasty option. Apples have a long history of greasing the wheels of education. Take notes — here’s how the classroom corruption began…” Here is the link.
Raoul Pop 