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Mice - A Small Story
Much that once was is lost, for none now live who remember it. It began with the forging of the Great Tabs. For within these tabs was bound the strength and the will to govern each race. But they were all of them,.. deceived. For another tab was made. In secret the Dark Lord forged a master pop top, and into this tab he poured his cruelty, his malice and his will to dominate all life. This is the one pop top tab. One Tab To Rule Them All. https://youtu.be/wOsb02uPOyw The time will soon come when mice will shape the fortunes of all. https://discover.therookies.co/schools/isart-digital/
Fred Moore
Timothy the mouse from Dumbo. Fred was known for his drawings of pretty girls. Three Caballeros. 1944. Pinocchio Ward Kimball and Fred Moore as vaudeville comedians. The Nifty Nineties, 1941. https://youtu.be/krQ9GBHYY5o?t=237 Ward and Fred. The sequence was animated by Ward Kimball, Fred was often out of it in the afternoon. Fred Moore as Lampwick, Pinocchio. But - ...all the real pleasures in life turn boys into donkeys. Damn but it's hard typing with these hooves. https://youtu.be/pnamFerzNvw Oh, yeah. In the book the cricket is killed by Pinnochio and is only present as a ghost from then on. Mickey, The Brave Little Tailor. Fred Moore. Original Mickey. After Fred redesigned him. Disney hit the ground running as far as collectibility. Fred Moore, 1911-1952. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Moore_(animator) This outstanding article by Mr...
Ma-Howdy!
https://www.sdavis.art/ The tiger attacks a howdah while sitting on the mahout. Today's post courtesy of Captain Howdy.
Jingle Jangle Tales Part The Second
Jingle Jangle Tales # 11, December 1944. George Carlson. Everything in a Carlson strip is anthropomorphic. I usually disapprove of talking birds as I don't think they are realistic! https://www.scottedelman.com/2015/01/09/1952-comic-book-ad-promised-to-land-you-a-movie-contract/ Brownwood Bulletin, September 19, 1966 Jingle Jangle Tales # 15, June 1945. Dave Tendlar. I assume that every other gag writer in the entire U. S. A. was pinned down by hostile fire on Okinawa. Blanche Seal Hunt (1912–1973) was the creator of the Little Brown Koko series of children stories, which initially appeared monthly in HOUSEHOLD Magazine for more than a decade. In full-length book form, Little Brown Koko titles sold more than 600,000 copies. ...are white . The only saving grace to this illustration is that it shows a (Semetic) white father about to stab his blond son to death because God told him to do so...