Uncle John's Crazy Town: Greatest Eye Take ... Ever!

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Greatest Eye Take ... Ever!

I'm astonished every time I see this scene from "Svengarlic" (1931, Krazy Kat)

Holy smokes!

Magnet Eyes!

3 comments:

The Jerk said...: WOW. WOWOWOWOWOW WOW. that is TRULY the best eye take of all time. scrolling through the frames, my jaw kept falling lower and lower at each successive innovative picture. Why have i never seen this before?; October 12, 2008 at 4:50 AM
J.V. (AKA "White Pongo") said...: The early Mintz cartoons are the greatest cartoons you've never heard of. Oddly enough, the 'Cartoons That Time Forgot' (Iwerks and Van Beuren) series has made those cartoons fairly well known.; October 13, 2008 at 1:09 PM
Eddie Fitzgerald said...: Haw! Thanks for posting this!; October 14, 2008 at 10:12 AM

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"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