September 19th, 2023

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Illustration: Fantastic Mexican Lobby Cards

Mexican Lobby Cards

Previously, I posted galleries of images of lobby cards by the master Mexican caricaturist Ernesto Garcia Cabral. Today, I’m presenting a group of images from a variety of science fiction, horror and adventure films released in Mexico. In many cases, these cards are a lot more entertaining than the movies they’re advertising. Every one of them makes me curious to see what the movie is all about, which shows that the lobby card is doing its job. It’s a shame that lobby cards have gone the way of the dodo in this age of cinema multiplexes and mall theaters.

But that isn’t all that seems to have been lost. Check out how these images exude the essence of the fantastic. Science fiction movies today are generally ugly and mundane compared to these crazy creatures and bizarre locales. Instead of cramped, cluttered shoeboxes flying through space, rocket ships should be streamlined and beautiful. The future should be strange and alien, not urban and post-apocalyptic. Creatures should be shocking and otherworldly too. Movies today could use a double dose of fun.

Mexican Lobby Cards
Mexican Lobby Cards
Mexican Lobby Cards
Mexican Lobby Cards
Mexican Lobby Cards
Mexican Lobby Cards
Mexican Lobby Cards
Mexican Lobby Cards
Mexican Lobby Cards
Mexican Lobby Cards
Mexican Lobby Cards
Mexican Lobby Cards

And here’s a batch of miscellaneous cards that use cartoons to sell a wide variety of films…

Mexican Lobby Card
Mexican Lobby Card
Mexican Lobby Card
Mexican Lobby Card
Mexican Lobby Card
Mexican Lobby Card
Mexican Lobby Card
Mexican Lobby Card
Mexican Lobby Card
Mexican Lobby Card
Mexican Lobby Card
Mexican Lobby Card
Mexican Lobby Card
Mexican Lobby Card
Mexican Lobby Card
Mexican Lobby Card
Mexican Lobby Cards

Stephen Worth
Director
Animation Resources

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This posting is part of a series of articles comprising an online exhibit spotlighting Illustration.

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September 18th, 2023

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Inbetweens: Frederick Opper From The Chicago Examiner

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The other day, Andy Konkykru of Andy’s Early Comics Archive sent me some scans of cartoons from Hearst’s Chicago Examiner. They’re too good not to share with you. First up is a batch of cartoons by Frederick Burr Opper

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Frederick Burr Opper
Frederick Burr Opper
Frederick Burr Opper
Frederick Burr Opper
Frederick Burr Opper
Frederick Burr Opper
Frederick Burr Opper
Frederick Burr Opper
Frederick Burr Opper
Frederick Burr Opper
Frederick Burr Opper
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Frederick Burr Opper
Frederick Burr Opper
Frederick Burr Opper
Frederick Burr Opper
Frederick Burr Opper
Frederick Burr Opper

Stephen Worth
Director
Animation Resources

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September 15th, 2023

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Inbetweens: Bud Fisher’s Mutt and Jeff

Bud Fisher’s Mutt and Jeff was one of the longest running and most influential comic strips ever created. Comedy teams like Laurel and Hardy and Abbott and Costello followed the Mutt and Jeff model and there were dozens of imitators in the comic pages. Here is a gallery of images dating from the early teens all the way through the late seventies…

Bud Fisher Mutt and Jeff

Bud Fisher Mutt and Jeff

Bud Fisher Mutt and Jeff

Bud Fisher Mutt and Jeff

Bud Fisher Mutt and Jeff

Bud Fisher Mutt and Jeff

Bud Fisher Mutt and Jeff

Bud Fisher Mutt and Jeff

Bud Fisher Mutt and Jeff

Bud Fisher Mutt and Jeff

Bud Fisher Mutt and Jeff

Bud Fisher Mutt and Jeff

Bud Fisher Mutt and Jeff

Bud Fisher Mutt and Jeff

Bud Fisher Mutt and Jeff

Bud Fisher Mutt and Jeff

Bud Fisher Mutt and Jeff

Bud Fisher Mutt and Jeff

Bud Fisher Mutt and Jeff

Bud Fisher Mutt and Jeff

Bud Fisher Mutt and Jeff

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