Winsor McCay: How a Mosquito Operates (1912)
Otto Messmer: Feline Follies (1919)
Fleischer Bros: Koko's Earth Control (1928)
Walt Disney: Plane Crazy (1928)
Chuck Jones shows how to draw Bugs Bunny
Tex Avery: Sh-h-h-h-h-h (1955)
UPA Studios: Gerald McBoing Boing (1951)
Richard McGuire: excerpt from Fear[s] of the Dark (2007)
Chris Ware, with John Kuramoto: Quimby the Mouse (2009)
Quimby The Mouse from This American Life on Vimeo.
Discussion Questions:
Were you surprised by any of the content in these cartoons? Please explain.
How have animators treated space (or a sense of place) over the years? Describe different approaches you saw in the cartoons.
In what ways were these cartoons similar? What were some of the differences among the cartoons?
