Norakuro Nitohei: Kyoren no Maki/Enshu no Maki aka Private 2nd Class Norakuro (1933) animated by Yasuji Murata. If you’ve read the sixth issue of the incredible art comics anthology Kramer’s Ergot, you may remember Norakuro from there.
MicroCon, a fantastic annual one-day convention in the Twin Cities every year, is this Sunday. I will be at the Cartoonist Conspiracy table there where you will be able to get a sneak preview of the brand-new Lutefisk Sushi Volume C box set, which will be premiering for sale next week at Altered Esthetics (May 2nd).
MicroCon, Sunday April 27th, 10AM-4PM
Minnesota State Fairgrounds
Progress Center
1621 Randall Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55108
mncba.com
Lutefisk Sushi Volume C Opening, Friday May 2nd, 7PM-10PM
Altered Esthetics (alteredesthetics.com)
1224 Quincy St. NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413
All the info I have on this cartoon is what it says on YouTube:
“A rare stop-motion animated cartoon done by the Kinex Studios in 1929 for Kodak Cinegraph.”
There’s been a great thread on Gluyas Williams going on at the Comics Journal message board recently, with a lot of nice cartoons and illustrations from him. Mike Hunter, who started the thread, just posted a link to this auction of some wonderful Williams illustrations of various members of an orchestra. His cartoons show so much character even without any words… Williams is truly a master of subtle character observation. Here they are for your enjoyment.
I’ve posted a number of Williams cartoons on this site previously that can be seen here. You can see some more great stuff by Gluyas Williams at gluyaswilliams.com, at The Stripper’s Guide, and at Barnacle Press.
Click on the below images to see larger versions.
Here’s a hilarious example I scanned of Bad Mans! from 1911 by Jimmy Swinnerton.
Click the image to view the full strip.
Click here to read examples of Swinnerton’s Little Jimmy at Barnacle Press.
Click here to read examples of Swinnerton’s Mr. Jack at Barnacle Press.
Click here to read examples of Swinnerton’s Mr. Batch at Barnacle Press.
Click here to read examples of Swinnerton’s Mr. Jack at The Stripper’s Guide
Read an article from 1906 about Jimmy Swinnerton at The Stripper’s Guide.
See an example of Swinnerton’s Mount Ararat (second series) at The Stripper’s Guide.
See examples of Swinnerton’s An Embarrassing Moment at The Stripper’s Guide.
Click here to read about Jimmy Swinnerton at lambiek.net.
Click here to read more about Little Jimmy at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.
Click here to read more about Jimmy Swinnerton at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.
A fun Ub Iwerks take on The Three Bears versus the villainous burglar Goldilocks.
Read more about this cartoon on the Big Cartoon Database here.
Here’s an example I scanned of Tumble Tom from May 18, 1902 by Jimmy Swinnerton.
Click the image to view the full strip.
Click here to read examples of Swinnerton’s Little Jimmy at Barnacle Press.
Click here to read examples of Swinnerton’s Mr. Jack at Barnacle Press.
Click here to read examples of Swinnerton’s Mr. Batch at Barnacle Press.
Click here to read examples of Swinnerton’s Mr. Jack at The Stripper’s Guide
Read an article from 1906 about Jimmy Swinnerton at The Stripper’s Guide.
See an example of Swinnerton’s Mount Ararat (second series) at The Stripper’s Guide.
See examples of Swinnerton’s An Embarrassing Moment at The Stripper’s Guide.
Click here to read about Jimmy Swinnerton at lambiek.net.
Click here to read more about Little Jimmy at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.
Click here to read more about Jimmy Swinnerton at Don Markstein’s Toonopedia.