tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715125534803085997.post7190633149948598283..comments2024-01-02T04:46:04.640-08:00Comments on Popeye Cartoons (formerly Popeye Animators): Louis ZukorBob Jaqueshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08227103731900437087noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715125534803085997.post-34021046105891002832008-01-15T12:22:00.000-08:002008-01-15T12:22:00.000-08:00Does anyone know if Zukor animated the scene in "M...Does anyone know if Zukor animated the scene in "Mess Production" where the Famous Studios prettier version of Olive Oyl makes her debut?Deborah Bierlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11854731951506703339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715125534803085997.post-29716172490104898122008-01-01T04:00:00.000-08:002008-01-01T04:00:00.000-08:00Calpini's unit in the 1940-41 period really liked ...Calpini's unit in the 1940-41 period really liked to round off and hunch down their characters, as if they were suffering from the early stages of osteoporosis (Tendlar's unit also used this style at the start of "Olive's Boithday Presenk"). Very loose and rubbery, and also a little off-model, in almost a more constrained, Jim Tyer sort of way, though that may have been to problems finding good in-betweeners in Miami.J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715125534803085997.post-31913132191064971902007-12-31T12:09:00.000-08:002007-12-31T12:09:00.000-08:00I think it's interesting how much of the late-1930...I think it's interesting how much of the late-1930s style character designs were still being done at Famous, at least through the mid 1940s. The house style seems to have been "streamlined" a bit around 1937, adding flexibility to Popeye, Olive Oyl, and Bluto so far as animation goes. <BR/><BR/>But I am noticing more and more of THAT style in color Famous cartoons, as opposed to the white-around-the-pupil style that the Fleischers apparently bequeathed to Famous. (I have aleays thought that this design was done by Famous, but YouTube has 1942's "Kickin' The Conga Around", credited to Max and Dave, and Popeye has whites-and-pupils eyes, and he alternates between them with both eyes open in at least one shot. The only later addition missing is teeth - Fleischers was apparently still adhering to the old "no teeth - show gums" model.)hubbithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12851713018298667087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7715125534803085997.post-3317869873907088062007-12-30T16:51:00.000-08:002007-12-30T16:51:00.000-08:00i really like mr. j's drawing style. it's too bad...i really like mr. j's drawing style. it's too bad there's not more info on him.<BR/><BR/>did milton stein do any work on popeye? if so, i hope you'll do a post on him soon!eeTeeDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341830695525951970noreply@blogger.com