Uncle John's Crazy Town: Fun With Plants!!

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Fun With Plants!!

In leu of the missing video here are some more images from the 1935 Krazy Kat cartoon 'Garden Gaieties'. I wouldn't qualify this as the best Krazy Kat (or even in the top 10) but it's a fun cartoon showing more than a little influence from the Fleischer Studios. Enjoy...

(Garden Gaieties, released Aug 1, 1935)

Consider this: Could the Mintz Studio have been a pioneer in the field of animated potatoes? The mind boggles ...

(Tears of an Onion, Fleischer Studios, released February 26, 1938)

Okay, I'm actually scared now.

1 comment:

Mike McLaren said...: I dig the older cartoons. Today's animation doesn't have the same character as Fleischer and early Disney.; February 19, 2010 at 11:30 PM

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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