Comic of the Month: "Bongo on the Congo"

The ten sets (for a total of 30 volumes) of the Carl Barks Library are the greatest homage the States ever did to a Disney comicbook artist.
Carl Barks was, IMHO, one of the greatest artists ever and the majority of his stories are masterpieces. The titanic project of the CBL pays tribute to his Disney legacy but, however, as all earthly things, is not perfect.
Many stories were in fact "retouched", "edited" or "censored" in various ways.
Here's an example.
"Bongo on the Congo" is a 1960 story, not available in his original form in the CBL release. Here you have an "hybrid": the color pages come from the original comicbook, the b/w ones from the CBL.
Enjoy.













Bye,
Duck Dodgers

Surprise Retirement Party

Retirement Cartoon

No trainers cartoon

Pearly Gates Cartoon.

THE JAGUARS - 1965 HANNA-BARBERA PRESENTATION ART

I've been getting a really good response to the recent postings of HANNA-BARBERA presentation art. So, what's next? How about this 1965 presentation piece for THE JAGUARS? We never saw THE JAGUARS go into production, but maybe the rock group concept carried over to the development of THE IMPOSSIBLES. Looks like both may have been in development around the same time. Click on the image for a larger view! You can e-mail me at powsley@flash.net . Thanks! -- Patrick Owsley

You've been framed...

Don't ask...

Sack Trolley Cartoon.

Silent Cartoons: Dinky Doodle in "Peter Pan Handled" (1925)

Sorry for the lack of updates. I'm experiencing some technical problems with my computer, and I was unable to prepare any screenshots for the last five days. Things will soon get back to normal.

So, here's something for all the fans of silent cartoons. It's an early work by Walter Lantz, produced at The Bray Studios in New York. Dinky Doodle series, created and directed by Lantz lasted for two years (1925-26) and proved to be quite popular with the audience of that time. It's a combination of animation and live action, similar to Fleischer's "Out of the Inkwell" cartoons. The main characters are a boy named Dinky Doodle, his dog Weakheart, and Walter Lantz himself (with Harold Lloyd glasses) in the live-action role of a cartoonist and friend of the main characters.
Majority of Dinky Doodle cartoons is now considered as lost. A small number has survived, mostly in the form of good quality French theatrical prints. Here's one of them : "Peter Pan Handled", released on April 26, 1925.

Enjoy the screenshots from this very rare cartoon: