British artist, Des Taylor, has produced a nice collection of Superman images based on the
look of the famed 1940's animation series produced by the Fleischer Studio for Paramount Pictures; the artwork was presented in public at the recent London Comicon:
Des Taylor's Captain America:
Des Taylor's BATMAN & GREEN LANTERN
Fantastic young artist, don't you think?
Below; images from the original 1940's Fleischer cartoons:
Print version of Fleischer Superman (DC Comics)
The Fleischer Superman cartoons are a series of seventeen animated Technicolor short films released by Paramount Pictures and based upon the comic book adventures of Superman which had debuted in 1938.
The pilot and first eight shorts were produced by Fleischer
Studios from 1941 to 1942, while the final eight were produced by Famous
Studios, a successor company to
Fleischer Studios, and associate of Paramount, from 1942 to 1943. Superman was the final animated series initiated under Fleischer Studios, before Famous Studios officially took over production in May 1942.
Fleischer Studios, and associate of Paramount, from 1942 to 1943. Superman was the final animated series initiated under Fleischer Studios, before Famous Studios officially took over production in May 1942.
Fleischer used rotoscoping in a number of his later
cartoons. Rotoscoping is an animation
technique in which animators trace over live-action film movement, frame by
frame, for use in animated films. Originally, recorded live-action film images
were projected onto a frosted glass panel and re-drawn by an animator. This
projection equipment is called a rotoscope, although this device has been mainly
replaced by computers in recent years.
The Fleischer studio's most effective use of rotoscoping was in
these action-oriented Superman cartoons, in which Superman and the
other animated figures displayed very realistic movement. The technique was
invented by Max Fleischer, who used it in his series Out of the Inkwell starting
around 1915, with his brother Dave Fleischer dressed in a clown outfit as the
live-film reference for the character Koko the Clown. Max Fleischer patented the method
in 1917.
Although all the cartoons are now in the public domain, ancillary
rights such as merchandising contract rights, as well as the original 35mm
master elements, are owned today by Warner Bros. Animation.
The fantastic thing is that all these fabulous cartoons are now available on DVD at very reasonable prices.
You can also see them here on YouTubes:
You can also see them here on YouTubes:
Planetronix, Earth,
March 13, 2012.
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