Sunday, February 20, 2011

OLD GLORY (Warner Brothers, 1939)

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!

Here's artwork from a classic Warner Brothers cartoon. Very interesting... this was before the W.B. cartoon unit had completely found its own unique style. This is reminiscent of early Fleischer and Disney, with far more elaborate artwork than the later WB toons (with less elaborate yet very stylish minimalistic B/G art).

Great cartoon and terrific backgrounds!

















This digitally re-assembled vertical pan beautifully depicts an Abe Lincoln statue, an appropriately conclusion to our Fourth of July post: