Uncle John's Crazy Town: The Ol' Swimmin Crayon

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

The Ol' Swimmin Crayon

Getting back to what I was saying about some of the Flip Coloring Book images unfortunately rendered in all the colors of the rainbow - if a rainbow consists of yellow, pink, brown, blue and green - is this image: 'The Old Swimming Hole'. Too bad because of the connection to the Oswald cartoon 'The Ol' Swimmin' Hole': an Iwerks' cartoon predating Flip. Nice to see he made friends from 'Flip's Duck Ducks Flip'!

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"During the span of years from 1914, I have made efforts to retain the "cartoony" effect. That is, I did not welcome the trend of the industry to go "arty". It was, and still is, my opinion that a cartoon should represent, in simple form, the cartoonist's mental expression. In other words the "animated oil painting" has taken the place of the flashiness and delightfulness of the simple cartoon.

In my opinion, the industry must pull back. Pull away from the tendencies toward realism. It must stay in it's own backyard of "The Cartoonist's Cartoon." The cartoon must be a portrayal of the expression of the true cartoonist, in simple, unhampered cartoon style. The true cartoon is a great art in it's own right. It does not need the assistance or support of "Artiness." In fact, it is actually hampered by it." - Max Fleischer