Employment Stunt

Stuntman Cartoon.
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This isn't in colour. It isn't even very funny. It's been another long day. Might put another Hermanshire up tomorrow, but it's also nice to post the occasional gag cartoon as well.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Here's WACKY WITCH wishing you a frightful fun day! Recently, I've been looking through a few of the old Gold Key WACKY WITCH comic books...great stuff! Hope you enjoy my WACKY WITCH HALLOWEEN greeting and have a safe, fun HALLOWEEN! -- Patrick Owsley

HALLOWEEN PHOTOS!

I hope everyone is having a safe and fun Halloween! Here's a few spooky photos that I thought I'd post...it's LON CHANEY as THE WOLF MAN...BORIS KARLOFF as THE FRANKENSTEIN MONSTER and CHRISTOPHER LEE as DRACULA! A few years ago, CHRISTOPHER LEE made an appearance at the old CREATURE FEATURES store in Burbank, CA and he was kind enough to sign the above photo for me.

Evil Clutter Fairy.

Clutter Fairy Cartoon.
As all the best ideas, this is inspired by real life. Just had a massive clear out at home. It's this evil fairy that created the years of collected clutter, but she has been banished from this house. 70% of useless clutter has been disposed of, and it feels great. I have new trousers I didn't even know I had!

QUICK DRAW McGRAW

Here's a QUICK DRAW McGRAW that I did recently. It's based on the QUICK DRAW pose that you see on the QUICK DRAW title card in my previous post. I still have a few sets of the H-B title cards available...e-mail me at powsley@flash.net . Thanks! -- Patrick Owsley

Are the rich falling behind?

In The Know: Are America's Rich Falling Behind The Super-Rich?

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Facebook Cartoon

Western Whoopee

It's been a long time since we featured some crummy old Van Beuren cartoon. So, here's the rare one called Western Whoopee (rel.date: 04/10/1930). As usual, it's a mixture of the early 30s surrealism, pre-code vulgarity and some truly strange and occasionally barely competent animation. The main hero of this western cartoon is a Van Beuren's Mickey rip-off named Milton Mouse .

Some fans of the classic animation truly detest Van Beuren cartoons, but I really enjoy seeing them for all their virtues and faults. For more Van Beuren fun, check out my older posts:

A Nightmare on Van Beuren Street

The Haunted Ship

Circus Capers

Laundry Blues

If you're already a big fan of these cartoons, don't miss the chance to see the earliest Terrytoons, because they share many similar qualities with the output of Van Beuren studio:

Early Terrytoons - an introduction

Golf Nuts

Bully Beef

Farmer Al Falfa's Ape Girl











Dancing skeletons were a regular staple of many early 30s cartoons, and this belongs to the most demented scenes of its kind. These are just few screenshots, but the whole scene should be really seen in full motion to be appreciated.












































A ferocious swordfight in a western cartoon






Our hero swallows his sword...




... and gives some rough love to his girlfriend. Crazy stuff... I love it!