This remarkable early comic includes several visual gags you will recognize from much later cartoons… Virgil Partch’s multiple fingers, the Warner Bros smear between poses, Rod Scribner’s giant eyeball take from “Book Revue”, etc.
Silentium
Introduzione
Scherzo
Adagio
Adagio con Sentimento
Piano
Smorzando
Maestoso
Capriccioso
Passagio Chromatico
Fuga des Diavolo
Forte Vivace
Fortissimo Vivacissimo
Finale Furioso
Bravo Bravissimo
this is just OMG!! one of the heights of visual communication.
Awesome! Being in music makes me get these jokes even more!
[...] was the first comic artist to use motion lines to show rapid movements, such as his eye-popping piano virtuoso playing [...]
Here is a hilarious German-made video that incorporates Busch’s “Virtuoso” cartoon with actors playing out the scene. Trust me, it is well done and much better than it sounds! Enjoy!
Check out the video on YouTube:
http://youtu.be/qZh-_XtBr4A