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Re: Classic Cartoon & Movie Comic Covers!

Post by Ben » August 17th, 2022, 4:31 am

Well, most comics characters that became cartoons began in the same way, no? ;)

I mean, Popeye and Superman started n the pages before the big screen, so to most kids these must have just seemed like new comics that may or may not have become cartoons later on? They are, after all, very influenced and "drawn from" other, essentially "supporting" characters of the time. You could quite imagine having seen any one of these amongst those public domain collections of the VHS days! :)

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Post by droosan » August 17th, 2022, 10:16 am

Well .. sure; but I was referring to DC's deliberate decision to title these magazines: "HOLLYWOOD" Funny Folks .. Leading "SCREEN" Comics .. "MOVIETOWN'S" Animal Antics .. in such a way that heavily-implied that these were adaptations of existing 'movie cartoon' properties -- as The Fox and the Crow (who also sometimes appeared in stories featuring DC's characters) certainly were. It was akin to the later claim "As Seen On TV". :wink:

Still .. these comic books benefitted from the fact that they became popular at a time (the late-1940s - mid-1950s) when 'Hollywood' cartoon work was drying-up .. so, some of the artists on these books were actually former animators!

Here's a complete issue of Movietown's Animal Antics which was posted on The Big Blog of Kid's Comics. :)

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Re: Classic Cartoon & Movie Comic Covers!

Post by gaastra » August 17th, 2022, 12:08 pm

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Re: Classic Cartoon & Movie Comic Covers!

Post by gaastra » August 19th, 2022, 5:12 pm

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That last one is from a cartoon by the way.



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Re: Classic Cartoon & Movie Comic Covers!

Post by Daniel » August 21st, 2022, 12:58 pm

That's some belt! ;)

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Re: Classic Cartoon & Movie Comic Covers!

Post by gaastra » August 22nd, 2022, 8:11 am

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Before they started killing kids.

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Re: Classic Cartoon & Movie Comic Covers!

Post by Ben » August 22nd, 2022, 10:51 am

Gidget is as Gidget does, right? ;)

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Post by gaastra » August 22nd, 2022, 9:30 pm

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Re: Classic Cartoon & Movie Comic Covers!

Post by gaastra » August 22nd, 2022, 9:36 pm

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Re: Classic Cartoon & Movie Comic Covers!

Post by Ben » August 23rd, 2022, 3:13 am

I think we’ve swerved away from "classic"…? ;)

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Re: Classic Cartoon & Movie Comic Covers!

Post by gaastra » August 23rd, 2022, 6:34 am

Just swerved a little into 2014. Was in a disney park move and figment was a great book. Have a older set next time.

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Re: Classic Cartoon & Movie Comic Covers!

Post by Daniel » August 23rd, 2022, 2:53 pm

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Re: Classic Cartoon & Movie Comic Covers!

Post by Ben » August 23rd, 2022, 4:18 pm

If I weren’t in the show starting right away, I would be in the audience too!

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Re: Classic Cartoon & Movie Comic Covers!

Post by Daniel » August 23rd, 2022, 6:38 pm

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Re: Classic Cartoon & Movie Comic Covers!

Post by Ben » August 23rd, 2022, 7:29 pm

Yeah, so low… ;)

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