Monday, July 31, 2006

Cartoon of the Month: "Joe Glow, the Firefly"

    This month you can enjoy the 1941 Chuck Jones cartoon "Joe Glow, the Firefly". It's one of the Jones shorts that fall under the cute, Disney-inspired category, prevalent in his early directorial works. While the plot isn't anything particularly funny, this is a visually stunning cartoon, where Chuck used the limitations of black and white as an advantage, with a wonderful artistic result. A cartoon like this in color just wouldn't be the same.
    If you haven't already seen this little masterpiece, then this is your chance to do it!


Thursday, July 27, 2006

Disturbing Cartoons: "Swing Wedding"

    I know this is hardly to believe...what the heck, this is not a Bakshi animated feature but an Harman-Ising cartoon ( namely, "Swing Wedding") from the Golden Age!
























    YES, folks! The trumpet player goes berserk--he turns one of his trumpet valves into a syringe and injects himself in the arm with a sly wink!


    Yours,

    Duck Dodgers

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

"We're in the Honey"

    Here you have another rarely seen Famous cartoon.
    Enjoy.
















































    A Duck Dodgers Post