A fickle, highly subjective blog about one adult’s chronological journey through comic and animation history.
I’m back with a long overdue selection of some of my favourite Warner Bros cartoons from the Golden Age of Animation. This post will feature several Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies from 1937-1949, from some of the greatest animators of the Golden Age, like Chuck Jones, Bob Clampett and Tex Avery. As always, lots of videos, pictures and inappropriate captions! All highly original content.
In the mid 30’s, Schlesinger hired director Tex Avery to revitalize the studio. Avery realized there was
Another installment in my series of yearly manga picks, including some big titles like Ashita no Joe! For a few years now, I’ve been doing a chronological readthrough of as many good (and bad) manga I could find. I did this to get a grasp on the evolution of the medium, who influenced whom, and to be able to appreciate works that were highly original in their own time, but would seem dated in our day. I have now become a walking manga-encyclopedia with Excel files filled to the brim with
A fan’s subjective perspective on the early stages and evolution of traditional animation. It’s been a while since I’ve made my last post about animation, I’ve been sitting on this research for a while though. If there actually any returning visitors to this blog: I hope you can forgive my procrastinating ways. I promise I will be a better person soon. I just have to do this other thing first. Anyway: I ended up with 20+ pages of videos, so I’ll
Another installment in my series of favorite manga. For a few years now, I’ve been doing a chronological readthrough of as many good (and bad) manga I could find. I did this to get a grasp on the evolution of the medium, who influenced whom, and to be able to appreciate works that were highly original in their own time, but would seem dated in our day. I have now become a walking manga-encyclopedia with Excel files filled to the brim with endless lists and have decided I can no longer keep
From the end of the 60’s, I think it’s safe to speak of a small “manga boom”, with many popular titles beginning publication, such as Ashita no Joe, Lupin iii, Doraemon or Golgo 13. For this reason, I will focus every new post from now on on a single year. I warn you to proceed with caution, you might get hooked. 1967 is where it really kicks off, so I’ll keep it short for 1966, focusing on one of my all-time favorites!
Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae – Shoutarou Ishinomori, 1966-1973
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Third installment in my nostalgic series of favorite manga. This list doesn’t feature a single Tezuka manga. O M G N O W A Y ! Yes way. Anyway, here are seven works I’ve enjoyed and recommend to you or at least deemed significant in the evolution of the medium, all in neat chronological order. You’re welcome!
Best manga of 1961-1965
Osomatsu-kun – Fujiko Fujio 1962-1988
Long-running manga from the husband and wife team that created Doraemon. Its an episodic gag manga
Second installment in my series of favorite manga. In the 1950’s we can see pioneers of several manga genres at work. As always, there’s loads of Tezuka. So here are the best manga of 1951-1960: six works I’ve enjoyed and recommend to you or at least deemed significant in the evolution of the medium, all in neat chronological order. You’re welcome!
Astro Boy is arguably Tezuka’s most iconic or at least most famous character. The manga became an instant success, and caused
Dear fellow nerds, today I will introduce a new series of blog posts about my favorite manga (and occasionally manhwa or manhua). I would have loved to give you an extensive overview of how manga came to be. But I’d just do my research on Wikipedia, so if you’re interested, I suggest you do just that. If you like a better picture/text ratio, maybe try errrr… Google?
My first idea was to write a blog about my chronological journey through the many decades that manga has existed.
A fan’s subjective perspective on the early stages and evolution of traditional animation. Mostly an extensive list of cartoons and films that stand out in my eyes, all in neat chronological/geographical order. You’re welcome. Today: a comparative post about Dumbo and Bambi, two precious films where animals are the stars.
Dumbo, 1941
Dumbo was a low-budget feature made to earn back the financial losses of Fantasia. It was deliberately kept simple and short, at 64 minutes. No
A fan’s subjective perspective on the early stages and evolution of traditional animation. Mostly an extensive list of cartoons and films that stand out in my eyes, all in neat chronological/geographical order. You’re welcome. Today: a special post about Fantasia, Disney’s attempt at artistic animation.
Fantasia was conceived in 1936 to boost Mickey Mouse’s popularity by casting him in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, a kind of deluxe cartoon. Disney had been putting animation
