Uncle John's Crazy Town: Carnage!

Monday, September 6, 2010

Carnage!

The Mintz Studio background department shows us even dust bowl ravaged animals can be beautiful in this horrific moment in 1935's 'The Gloom Chasers'. Click to encarnage.

More on this terrific Scrappy cartoon coming soon!

1 comment:

Kirk Nachman said...: Great panorama! Your posting of Lil' Aingil had me seek out a bootleg of Mintz cartoons, which included the aforesaid wonder, and also some Barney Google cartoons, with some very nice subtle moments from Art Davis in there. Thanx.; September 13, 2010 at 4:51 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