Uncle John's Crazy Town: creepy cartoon place mat

Thursday, August 21, 2008

creepy cartoon place mat

Outsider Art from a local diner (click to enlarge)

2 comments:

Big Jim Miller said...: I just ate there last night! Good steak...; August 24, 2008 at 12:17 AM
J.V. (AKA "White Pongo") said...: I went for the Big Chief August Jack Burger.; August 26, 2008 at 2:20 PM

"During the span of years from 1914, I have made efforts to retain the "cartoony" effect. That is, I did not welcome the trend of the industry to go "arty". It was, and still is, my opinion that a cartoon should represent, in simple form, the cartoonist's mental expression. In other words the "animated oil painting" has taken the place of the flashiness and delightfulness of the simple cartoon.

In my opinion, the industry must pull back. Pull away from the tendencies toward realism. It must stay in it's own backyard of "The Cartoonist's Cartoon." The cartoon must be a portrayal of the expression of the true cartoonist, in simple, unhampered cartoon style. The true cartoon is a great art in it's own right. It does not need the assistance or support of "Artiness." In fact, it is actually hampered by it." - Max Fleischer