An often overlooked part of a beloved medium.

[waltesefalcon]

Looney Tunes background art.

 

[NutmegCT]

That is a *great* story. I'd never thought much about the background art until now. As the guy says, Looney Tunes cartoons depend on action and movement. But over such good backgrounds, they have another dimension. Compare with Disney's Steamboat Willie - very basic action and movement, but the background art there is repetitive and *boring*!

Walt - thanks for posting this.
Tom M.

 

[DrEntropy]

Even as a child Chuck Jones was a hero. And the exaggerated perspective background art fascinated me. Gave me an early appreciation of "vanishing points" in artworks and photos. IMO the last cartoon animation worth a darn was "Rodger Rabbit." And "Limited Animation" was always disappointingly flat, regardless the story line.

 

[waltesefalcon]

Even as a child Chuck Jones was a hero. And the exaggerated perspective background art fascinated me. Gave me an early appreciation of "vanishing points" in artworks and photos. IMO the last cartoon animation worth a darn was "Rodger Rabbit." And "Limited Animation" was always disappointingly flat, regardless the story line.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit? was a masterpiece. It was pretty much a straight up film nor mystery set in a bizarre and eccentric world, with equally wild characters. I think I'm going to go find it and watch again.

 

[YakkoWarner]

Roger Rabbit is definately on my shelf - brilliant merging of animation and live actors; absolute wizard for 1988 when it was released.

The original 1993-1995 run of Animaniacs had a lot of traditional Warner Brothers style artwork, also had a real live music score which made it "feel" a lot more old-school. Havn't seen any of the new ones (internet only, no way to watch) so can't compare new to old.

 

[waltesefalcon]

Roger Rabbit is definately on my shelf - brilliant merging of animation and live actors; absolute wizard for 1988 when it was released.

The original 1993-1995 run of Animaniacs had a lot of traditional Warner Brothers style artwork, also had a real live music score which made it "feel" a lot more old-school. Havn't seen any of the new ones (internet only, no way to watch) so can't compare new to old.

I haven't seen the new one either, but the way most reboots have been I doubt we're missing much.

 

[Basil]

Who Framed Roger Rabbit? was a masterpiece. It was pretty much a straight up film nor mystery set in a bizarre and eccentric world, with equally wild characters. I think I'm going to go find it and watch again.

I have RR in my Video (Apple Video) collection. Need to go watch it again as it's been several years.

 

[Popeye]

Roger Rabbit is definately on my shelf - brilliant merging of animation and live actors; absolute wizard for 1988 when it was released.

The original 1993-1995 run of Animaniacs had a lot of traditional Warner Brothers style artwork, also had a real live music score which made it "feel" a lot more old-school. Havn't seen any of the new ones (internet only, no way to watch) so can't compare new to old.

I just made the connection with your username! Animaniacs is an incredible show! I bought a dvd set from Amazon; it seems bootlegged, but very entertaining nonetheless.

Roger Rabbit is equally wonderful - I never realized that cartoon catchers did not die… growing up without a tv will do that; I never witnessed the coyote’s fruitless antics as a kid !)

 

[JPSmit]

Who Framed Roger Rabbit? was a masterpiece. It was pretty much a straight up film nor mystery set in a bizarre and eccentric world, with equally wild characters. I think I'm going to go find it and watch again.

Probably the best line in the entire movie

 

[3798j]

The guidelines Chuck Jones laid out for writing a Roadrunner sketch...