Betty Boop: from Head to Toe (Popeye too)

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I've seen this in numerous books, but I don't think I have ever seen it scanned before. Boop has always been one of my favorite cartoon characters and hopefully all you aficionados will join me in attempting to do her some justice(as opposed to all the cheap novelty merchandise you see everywhere).

For comparison here's Popeye

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Bimbo's Initiation (by Grim and Dave)

Earlier today I was asked who my favorite animator was. I can never decide permanently, but I think Grim Natwick would be a good choice. When he worked with the great Dave Fleischer it made the cartoons that cement The Fleischers' as my favorite cartoon studio (until they started imitating Disney). The above cartoon is one of those defining cartoons, and also unfortunately the last of Natiwck's first era of the Fleischers'. This is probably the finest print you will find of this cartoon unless it's released on DVD or shown in a theater. Wanna be a member like me?

Cartoons (vintage even)

Now this is more like it. The Fleischers, Bob Clampett, and an awesome World war II Donald Duck cartoon. Sure, they're available on the internet archive and youtube, but it's more convenient here and the video quality doesn't suck(respectively).

Vintage Tooncast

Great quotes left in the 1976 version of “The Fleischer Story”

There was also a Bimbo flipbook, a bigger look at Wiffle Piffle (an peripheral character in the Betty Boop Universe) including his humorous walk, and a Betty Boop “interview”. But the real lost treasures are the quotes below (truer words never spoken):

Page 26
“Another of Max’s mottos was “If it can be done in real life, it’s not animation”’.

Page 32 {Author’s opinion-broken up for clarity]
“ It’s interesting that Betty’s appearance went through many changes before returning to its original form and becoming standard.

As in many art movements, the vision of each animator was not to be tampered with, regardless of the audience confusion it may have caused.

[Here’s they key]
An art movement usually becomes more popular when it serves the people rather than the artists.”

Challenge: If you could only watch films by five directors

They would be(in no order):

Werner Herzog
Dave Fleischer
Stanley Kubrick
Ishiro Honda
Buster Keaton

Admittedly, my list is pretty gut oriented. I need my dose of

Aguirre,

Gojira/Godzilla,

Betty Boop,

Sherlock Jr.,

and Alex.