Comments on: Fifties Design All Over http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/12/16/fifties-design-all-over/ The official blog of the new Chronicle book CARTOON MODERN: STYLE AND DESIGN IN FIFTIES ANIMATION. Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:09:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Tobin http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/12/16/fifties-design-all-over/#comment-1238 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 08:53:15 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/12/16/fifties-design-all-over/#comment-1238 I love this style, and the related style of comic book artists like Bernie Krigstein and Alex Toth. It has had such a powerful impact on modern design that people are influenced by it who haven't traced it back at all. I don't know if you'd call it a throw-back, but I love the graphic design of a Russian short called Passion of Spies, linked below. Interestingly, they do very full, Fleischer-style rotations of this graphic look. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4hrHC1vjdM About my favorite modern proponents of the style are animation BG painter Bill Wray (the modern Maurice Noble),lowbrow artists like Shag, and especially Glenn Barr, and the illustrator/animation designer Brandon "Ragnar" Johnson. I believe he works completely in vector, these days. http://symptomatica.blogspot.com/ I love the Cartoon Modern book, and it has an honored place on my reference shelf! I love this style, and the related style of comic book artists like Bernie Krigstein and Alex Toth. It has had such a powerful impact on modern design that people are influenced by it who haven’t traced it back at all.

I don’t know if you’d call it a throw-back, but I love the graphic design of a Russian short called Passion of Spies, linked below. Interestingly, they do very full, Fleischer-style rotations of this graphic look.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4hrHC1vjdM

About my favorite modern proponents of the style are animation BG painter Bill Wray (the modern Maurice Noble),lowbrow artists like Shag, and especially Glenn Barr, and the illustrator/animation designer Brandon “Ragnar” Johnson. I believe he works completely in vector, these days.

http://symptomatica.blogspot.com/

I love the Cartoon Modern book, and it has an honored place on my reference shelf!

]]> by: Harley http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/12/16/fifties-design-all-over/#comment-1224 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:11:29 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/12/16/fifties-design-all-over/#comment-1224 Yo! Can we get some more cartoon modern up in this place or what?! Bring it! Yo! Can we get some more cartoon modern up in this place or what?!

Bring it!

]]> by: Sergio Melero http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/12/16/fifties-design-all-over/#comment-1223 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:58:35 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/12/16/fifties-design-all-over/#comment-1223 Awesome stuff! Love your works men! Awesome stuff!

Love your works men!

]]> by: Oscar Grillo http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/12/16/fifties-design-all-over/#comment-1219 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 08:34:06 +0100 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/12/16/fifties-design-all-over/#comment-1219 Dear Amid. I finally bought Cartoon Modern. Damn good book, mate..Congratulations! Dear Amid. I finally bought Cartoon Modern. Damn good book, mate..Congratulations!

]]> by: Frank http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/12/16/fifties-design-all-over/#comment-1199 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:51:01 +0000 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/12/16/fifties-design-all-over/#comment-1199 I only found this blog today and just added it to my favorites. This is amazing. I only found this blog today and just added it to my favorites. This is amazing.

]]> by: john http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/12/16/fifties-design-all-over/#comment-1190 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:44:38 +0000 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/12/16/fifties-design-all-over/#comment-1190 I love this work... i trained my young eyes and grew my love of cartoons whilst laying in front of the TV watching the likes of Mr. Magoo and the Pink Panther. Though I must say, while I love Mr. John Kricfalusi and his blog, he typifies a growing knee-jerk reaction amongst the grumpy, jaded, and overly-influential against modern times and tools. Are there really no artists of note happily working in todays studios using digital tools? Chips on shoulders are one thing, but the Ren and Stimpy debacle was, what, a decade ago now? Lets hear it for artists and designers using their eyes and brains in tandem, free from bitterness and silly prejudice .... I love my box of 1950's Stabilo 4B's, but I also love my wacom tablet..... I love this work… i trained my young eyes and grew my love of cartoons whilst laying in front of the TV watching the likes of Mr. Magoo and the Pink Panther. Though I must say, while I love Mr. John Kricfalusi and his blog, he typifies a growing knee-jerk reaction amongst the grumpy, jaded, and overly-influential against modern times and tools. Are there really no artists of note happily working in todays studios using digital tools? Chips on shoulders are one thing, but the Ren and Stimpy debacle was, what, a decade ago now? Lets hear it for artists and designers using their eyes and brains in tandem, free from bitterness and silly prejudice …. I love my box of 1950’s Stabilo 4B’s, but I also love my wacom tablet…..

]]> by: Riffo http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/12/16/fifties-design-all-over/#comment-1188 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 22:34:28 +0000 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/12/16/fifties-design-all-over/#comment-1188 cool site..thanks for sharing this stuff! cool site..thanks for sharing this stuff!

]]> by: Daniel Poeira http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/12/16/fifties-design-all-over/#comment-1183 Mon, 24 Dec 2007 16:04:55 +0000 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/12/16/fifties-design-all-over/#comment-1183 Sorry to post this off-topic, but I couldn´t find a direct e-mail. Just to note that canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson passed away today, December the 24th. He wrote and performed the music to a great animation classic, Evelyn Lambart and Norman McLaren's 1949 "Begone Dull Care". I can´t imagine this classic with another soundtrack but the one he recorded. It´s an amazing movie, even today. Sorry to post this off-topic, but I couldn´t find a direct e-mail. Just to note that canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson passed away today, December the 24th. He wrote and performed the music to a great animation classic, Evelyn Lambart and Norman McLaren’s 1949 “Begone Dull Care”. I can´t imagine this classic with another soundtrack but the one he recorded. It´s an amazing movie, even today.

]]> by: Ward http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/12/16/fifties-design-all-over/#comment-1181 Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:45:40 +0000 http://cartoonmodern.blogsome.com/2007/12/16/fifties-design-all-over/#comment-1181 Hey, thanks for the mention, Amid! Right now, I have it where only my Flickr contacts can download higher res versions of these images in that SLANG set. If anyone wants the larger images, let me know and I'll change it to make it available to everyone for a limited time. Hey, thanks for the mention, Amid! Right now, I have it where only my Flickr contacts can download higher res versions of these images in that SLANG set. If anyone wants the larger images, let me know and I’ll change it to make it available to everyone for a limited time.

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