Crusader Rabbit, first aired August 1st, 1950. Crusader is the world's first cartoon series made for television. Alex Anderson, nephew of Paul Terry, came up with the idea. Jay Ward is part of this, huge surprise there. It was filmed on a very low budget and has little animation, mostly still shots and camera pans making up the bulk of the cartoon. Here Crusader is about to demonstrate his lack of superpowers. https://youtu.be/C3hHQvkUhJo Ragland T. Tiger, Crusader's partner and best friend. The 'T' stands for 'the'. When asked about it, Rags would tell people his middle name was Larry but his dad couldn't spell! Rags is none too bright and is the beginning of a long tradition of dopey cartoon sidekicks. This is a cast photo, I cannot find out who is who in this. But never mind that, what is this picture behind the bar? I would not be astonished if this was by Martin Prov...
First time I've ever seen beyond the cover of a Super Duck comic. I had no idea that Dan Gordon drew this -- or that he could draw such cute duck girls!
ReplyDeleteThere were a number of artists doing this, I just chose the Gordon picture cause I like him so much. Seems like a pretty lame comic.
ReplyDeleteI think Dan Gordon is the best classic comic artist there was!
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