Cartoon SNAP: 2013

"Popeye's How to Draw Cartoons" (1939) Complete scans from a great cartooning book

I love collecting old "How to Draw Cartoons" books, and this one is among my favorites: "Popeye's How to Draw Cartoons" by Joe Musial from 1939. I finally got a giant scanner, so now I can share this really fun vintage cartooning book!

Scans from 1939 book, Popeye's How to Draw Cartoons

The thumbnail below gives you just a hint of what's inside; There's about 40 full-sized pages of classic cartoon art and "How to draw cartoons" instruction. Click on the picture to jump to the photo album.

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or you can find it here: http://bit.ly/PopeyeCartooningBook

Dan Gordon -- one of the greatest cartoonists ever!

Here are some amazing funny animal comics by Dan Gordon. These are from the ACG comic, Funny Films #1 from September, 1949.

ACG Comics images © Roger Broughton 2013

Funny Films comic book scan cover detail featuring cartoon dogs, horse, cat, owl and bunny rabbit

The opening story features Puss & Boots in a hilarious cat-vs-dog comedy that transcends the cliches of the genre because of the absolute unbridled mayhem and unapologetic violence-for-the-gag's-sake. You can practically hear all the great sound effects of hammers hitting heads! And most of all...LOOK at those DRAWINGS!

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cartoon dog drawing by animator and cartoonist Dan Gordon

In the second story, meet Blunderbunny...a rabbit inventor whose creations always go wrong...

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Cartoon drawing of a pig crashing his motorcycle into robot made by Blunderbunny

Another Puss & Boots burlesque follows, and it's one of my favorites!

cartoon dog pulls on springs and rips part of the wall away in detail from Funny Films comic book scan

cartoon cross-dressing cat propositions comic book dog with a big eye-bulging take

...and one more Blunderbunny story wraps up the issue!

Cover scan from ACG comics Funny Films issue number one drawn by cartoonist Dan Gordon

I have compiled all four Dan Gordon stories from this issue into one PDF file which you can download HERE.

I hope you like these as much as I do! I just bought Funny Films #'s 1 and 3 on eBay...
Let me know if you'd like to see more! I'll get the scanner warmed up. Have fun...

DOWNLOAD the Comic HERE (Click me)

More info on Dan Gordon at these links...

Dan Gordon Biography – The Life and Work of a Legendary Cartoonist

all kinds of stuff: Dan Gordon and what makes a cartoonist

ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive: Comics: Dan Gordon's Superkatt

http://potulentpalaver.blogspot.com/2007/01/john-k-wrote-about-dan-gordon-today-so.html

...and if you missed any of the previous posts on Dan Gordon,
including his fantastic Cookie Comics and Dopey Dogg from Giggle Comics,
click HERE!

Rocky Rabbit in “Doctor’s Orders”

Loose and lively brushwork from animation story man Irv Spector. And what a strange rushed composition in that last panel! Sometimes, you really need someone to write, “The End” in the corner to keep you from thinking you missed something. But that’s it. That rushed weirdness is one of my favorite things about those old one-page filler comics.
Check out the official Irv Spector blog at http://irvspector.blogspot.com/ for more comic book art and animation storyboards and photos and stories about the life of this versatile and dynamic cartoonist!

Lucky Duck and Rocky Rabbit by Irv Spector

Classic funny-animal comic book scans, featuring the lively brush-work of golden age animation storyboard artist Irv Spector. Lucky Duck & Rocky Rabbit in “Mountain Madness!”

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from “Supermouse the Big Cheese Summer Holiday Special” published by Pines Comics in 1957.

Supermouse the Big Cheese Summer Holiday Special 1957 Pines

MORE Lucky Duck comics by Irv Spector on our previous post here:
http://cartoonsnap.blogspot.com/2013/09/lucky-duck-comics-by-irv-spector.html

More about Irv Spector and his cartoon storyboard art here: http://irvspector.blogspot.com/2009/09/lamour-merrier-paramountfamous.html Great stuff!

Lucky Duck Comics by Irv Spector

Lucky Duck in “Safe But Not Sane” by golden age comic book artist and storyboard artist Irv Spector. I just love his loose and lively brush work on these classic funny-animal comics!

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Much more about Irv Spector and his life and art by his son Paul Spector here: http://irvspector.blogspot.com/

Farmers Daughter comic book Irv Spector Cover

Don’t miss this eye-popping story from Irv Spector’s “The Farmers Daughter” comic book, “The One About The Traveling Salesman”: http://cartoonsnap.blogspot.com/2011/08/farmers-daughter-traveling-salesman.html

Farmers Daughter and Traveling Salesman comic book Irv Spector

Read more of Irv Spector’s Lucky Duck comics over at Pappy’s blog here: http://pappysgoldenage.blogspot.com/2012/02/number-1099-irv-spectors-lucky-duck.html and here: http://pappysgoldenage.blogspot.com/2012/07/number-1191-more-irv-spectors-lucky.html
And here are some photos of Irv Spector at the Mintz studios:
http://mayersononanimation.blogspot.com/2006/10/irv-spector-at-mintz-studio.html

More Lucky Duck comics here: http://cartoonsnap.blogspot.com/2013/09/lucky-duck-and-rocky-rabbit-by-irv.html

Nancy’s Ernie Bushmiller presents: Phil Fumble…unapologetic super-cad!

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Here are some more weirdo gag pages from Ernie Bushmiller’s Fritzi Ritz…circa 1949

If you missed the previous post on Ernie Bushmiller and his Pre- Nancy & Sluggo comic strip star, Fritzi Ritz – click right HERE--
Fritzi Ritz Comic by Bushmiller (part1)

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Featuring boyfriend Phil Fumble…the unapologetic super-cad!

Ernie Bushmiller Fritzi Ritz boyfriend Phil Fumble watching the sun set over the hill sunset

I love this silent first panel from the comic page below…

Fritzi Ritz comic book strip Phil Fumble watches the sunset over a mountain Ernie Bushmiller comic book strip cartoon scan

Click on any page for a BIG full-sized
Ernie Bushmiller comic book scan!

Ernie Bushmiller comic book strip cartoon scan Fritzi Ritz and her boyfriend Phil Fumble drive on the parkway and talk about billboards and signs

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More info about Ernie Bushmiller and Fritzi Ritz at:
http://www.toonopedia.com/fritzi.htm
http://lambiek.net/artists/b/bushmiller_e.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_%28comics%29

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BIG online archive of Nancy comic strip scans :
http://ilovecomixnancy.blogspot.com/

Ernie Bushmiller – Fritzi Ritz Comics from 1949

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Ernie Bushmiller’s Fritzi Ritz comics are a strange mixture of the truly bizarre and completely pedestrian. Fritzi Ritz started as a comic strip about a young single flapper girl from the Jazz Age of the 1920’s, created by Larry Whittington. When Whittington left the strip, Fritzi Ritz was taken over by his young assistant, Ernie Bushmiller.

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Ernie Bushmiller introduced the character of Phil Fumble, Fritzi’s boyfriend and funnyman. Many of these strips start with a bizarre close-up on Phil as he utters a single line as the launching pad for the rest of the strip. Looking at the pages on this post alone shows him using this technique 75% of the time!! It’s a very artificial (but extremely economical) way of getting a gag rolling.

Here’s very typical opening panel:

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I love that dopey wall-eyed look on Phil’s face!

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Nancy Ernie Bushmiller cartoon girl with ribbon in her hair

Ernie Bushmiller later added a little girl character to the strip… Fritzi Ritz’s niece, Nancy. Eventually, Nancy and her friend Sluggo took over the strip, and those are the characters that brought long-time fame to cartoonist Ernie Bushmiller.

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These Fritzi Ritz newspaper strips were later reformatted and published in comic book form. These pager are from Fritzi Ritz Comics #3 from 1949

Phil buys Fritzi Ritz a girdle at the lingerie department store Ernie Bushmiller comic book strip scan

More on Fritzi Ritz and Ernie Bushmiller at:

http://www.toonopedia.com/fritzi.htm

http://lambiek.net/artists/b/bushmiller_e.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_%28comics%29

Nancy comic strip scans – BIG archive online at:
http://ilovecomixnancy.blogspot.com/

Link to 1965 Fritzi Ritz Sunday comic strip original art

http://www.comicstripfan.com/newspaper/f/fritziritz.htm

Fleischer Popeye cartoons' 3D backgrounds -–How They Did it Back in the Golden Age

You know those really cool 3D panning backgrounds in the classic Fleischer Popeye cartoons? Here's a vintage article from Popular Mechanics that shows how they did it!

Click on the images to see them full-size! And click on the image below to find these Popeye animation DVDs at Amazon…

Silly Silly Old-Timey Cartoon Fun: The Tuba Tooter

Here's a delightful old-timey 1932 Van Beuren cartoon to brighten your day:

"The Tuba Tooter" featuring the pre-cat-and-mouse Tom & Jerry. Enjoy!

If you like this, then I guarantee you'll LOVE this:

The Complete Animated Adventures of Van Beuren's Tom and Jerry

Super-fun 1930's surreal cartoons -- I watch this one whenever I need a fun break from reality ^_^
The music alone is out of this world!

Real Facts Funnies by Martin Naydel -- Fun Golden-Age Half-Page Comics

Golden Age filler comics by Martin Naydel. Boy, I really like this guy's drawing style! Reminds me of some of Harvey Kurtman's early Hey Look pages...