Couple of old cartoons from last year, which are now quite topical.
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Friday, June 29, 2007
MR. MAGOO COMIC COVER
I thought I'd post my very first MR. MAGOO assignment. Back in 2003, my friend Robert Conte asked me to illustrate the cover to a MR. MAGOO "flip" comic book that he was publishing with Airwave Comics. The "flip" book featured two MAGOO stories and two covers. My cover was for a story commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers' first flight. The story was "a color-it-yourself adventure" written by Michael Eury with art by Gary Fields. The other cover is by Bill Morrison for the comic adaptation of the classic MR. MAGOO's CHRISTMAS CAROL. Click on the image to enlarge!Did You Miss Me?: "The Little Wise Quacker"
Enjoy anothet blackface gag, this time from Dick Lundy's "Little Wise Quacker" starring Barney Bear.
Best,
Duck Dodgers
Best,
Duck Dodgers
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
SUPERMAN
I highly recommend THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN DVD set from Warner Bros.! The 2-disc set was released yesterday. It's the 1966 CBS-TV Saturday morning series that was produced by Filmation. The action-packed series starred the voices of BUD COLLYER as SUPERMAN / CLARK KENT and JOAN ALEXANDER as LOIS LANE. JACKSON BECK was the Narrator and JIMMY OLSEN was voiced by JACK GRIMES. GRIMES was also the voice of SPARKY in the classic 1960s cartoon, SPEED RACER. If you haven't already, pick up the DVD set today! Above is the DVD cover art that I did for East West Entertainment of Brooklyn, NY. East West produced a few volumes of the public domain 1940s Fleischer SUPERMAN cartoons. As you can see, I used a CURT SWAN-style SUPERMAN, but altered the "S" chest emblem to look like that of the Fleischer SUPERMAN "S" emblem. Click on the image to enlarge. You can reach me at powsley@flash.net . Thanks! -- Patrick Owsley
Monday, June 25, 2007
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Saturday, June 23, 2007
"Butterscotch and Soda": the nearly definitive copy
Hide your still-not-7-years li'l bros 'cause here it comes!!!!
Damn "5" TV logo. However, this copy of the PD "Butterscoth and Soda" is marvellous. Complete and uncut, in beautiful Technicolor, with all Little Audrey credits.
Besides, this is one of my favorite shorts with the spoiled brat, maybe even my most favorite. Hardly a Little Audrey cartoon includes a so charming mixture of gags, plot and surrealism. The sequence where the shadow of the canary turns into a bat's and L.A's subsequent scream is terrific. I wonder if it was inspired by some live action movie. Anyone?
The animation is very good (in some shots Audrey looks like Elmer or Tiny Toon's Elmyra too)and I'll never cease to be amazed by Famous' backgrounds......
Enjoy!
Yours Truly,
Duck Dodgers
Damn "5" TV logo. However, this copy of the PD "Butterscoth and Soda" is marvellous. Complete and uncut, in beautiful Technicolor, with all Little Audrey credits.
Besides, this is one of my favorite shorts with the spoiled brat, maybe even my most favorite. Hardly a Little Audrey cartoon includes a so charming mixture of gags, plot and surrealism. The sequence where the shadow of the canary turns into a bat's and L.A's subsequent scream is terrific. I wonder if it was inspired by some live action movie. Anyone?
The animation is very good (in some shots Audrey looks like Elmer or Tiny Toon's Elmyra too)and I'll never cease to be amazed by Famous' backgrounds......
Enjoy!
Yours Truly,
Duck Dodgers