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Eddie Elephant – 1946 Hallucinogenic Funny Animal Comix by Ellis Holly Chambers

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This story comes from Hi-Ho Comics #1 --- a 1946 comic published by Four Star Publications. It’s filled with 45 pages of insane tripped out comics by H. Chambers. So who is this H. Chambers?
This story comes from Hi-Ho Comics #1 --- a 1946 comic published by Four Star Publications. It’s filled with 45 pages of insane tripped out comics by Ellis Holly ChambersHiHo1_01

Milton Knight
provides some tantalizing information about cartoonist H. Chambers:
“It's Holly Chambers! (Holly was his middle name; I think his first name began with an E.) My late friend, Howie Post, used to share a studio with him and had several vivid tales to tell: he described Chambers as a handsome, charismatic "psychotic" who could walk out with a bar stool and stare down the bartender with a "what are you going to do about it?"

Post also revealed that Chambers was a heroin addict who could shoot up and complete a comic book overnight: "Who needs women when you have this??"
As colorful as his comics, that was Holly Chambers. Howard lost track of him in the 50s, and suspected that he was "rubbed out" by his drug connections.”

Thanks to Milton Knight for that priceless and tantalizing info. It explains a lot – and raises about a million other questions that will probably never be answered.

For LOTS more freaky funny-book vintage comic scans by Ellis Holly Chambers, click on Eddie the Elephant below:

Eddie the Elephant cartoon drawing by Ellis Holly Chambers
 

Working out that SpongeBob Expression...

SpongeBob expression sketches by Sherm Cohen


Dang it...I'm gonna get this expression right eventually. Even though I usually work on the Cintiq, it often takes good ol' pencil and paper to work out those poses.

Cartoon Moderne UPA Style Doodle Page

Doodled while drooling over some amazing 50's animated commercials found on Steve Stanchfield's Thunderbean DVD "Mid Century Modern Animation, Volume 2" http://amzn.to/1RYdlVQ



If you want to see the original cartoons that inspired these sketches, check out the Thunderbean DVD "Mid Century Modern Animation, Volume 2" http://amzn.to/1RYdlVQ



"Cartoon-Moderne" scenic designs from 1950's commercials by the Paul Fennell Studio

Here are some super-rare images of "Cartoon-Moderne" scenic designs from some 1950's-era animated commercials by the Paul Fennell Studio.










Video from the Animation Resources membership website. More info here: http://animationresources.org/join-animation-resources-today-and-download-reference-pack-1/

More images on my Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/ShermCohen/media_set?set=a.10154017757253474.1073741837.624158473&type=3


More great "Cartoon-Moderne" designs from Animated Commercials by the Paul Fennell Studio. Video from the Animation...
Posted by Sherm Cohen on Wednesday, February 10, 2016

The Fine Art of Looney Tunes Background Paintings

Famous mid-century American urban regionalist painting? Actually, it's a Looney Tunes background by Paul Julian.
The cartoon is "Golden Yeggs."

Lots more by Paul Julian here: