Vive Magoo
Cartoon Modern, at quick glance, looks like a great resource of information on classic cartoons. Musings on the highly under-rated UPA studio that produced the exceptional Mr. Magoo and Gerald McBoing Boing cartoons. The blog is actually in conjunction with a book of the same title to be released by Chronical books. The author Amid Amidi has another fantastic animation blog called Cartoon Brew.
Also check out BoingBoing's interview with John Kricfalusi. Props to Rob Knaack for clueing me in on this one.
posted by lakeside at 11:39 AM
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UPA was the shittiest animation studio ever to walk the Earth. Kinda like pining for the quaint communist stylings of Castro, without really looking at what Cubans have to live through. Sweet. You can be Mr. Magoo and be blind if you choose...
am i blind by appreciating someones hard work? i don't believe i mentioned anything about admiring or even understanding the "culture" of the company. I'm simply referring to an aesthetic that i can appreciate. Say like the imagry of Russian constructavism that ultimately led to the uprising of an oppressive communist regime. I might appreciate the aesthetic (even bath my office in it and throw parties with its theme), but still not appreciate what's at the roots of it.
sorry... i'm cranky. good points those.
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