Thursday 17 August 2017

Smearing the Soldier

Popeye punches Bluto against a wall so hard he bounces back in the “highlights” cartoon I’m in the Army Now” (1936).



The action goes faster and faster until Bluto becomes a blur in multiples and Popeye’s forearms turn into smear animation.



Since this is mainly a compilation cartoon, only Dave Fleischer’s name is on the credits.

By the way, I love how Olive Oyl decides she wants a man in a uniform, so Popeye rushes to join the Army. Uh, Olive, isn’t Popeye wearing a uniform?

3 comments:

  1. "Uh, Olive, isn't Popeye *wearing* a uniform?" Yeah, and then we never hear about his joining the military again until World War II.

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  2. Bowsky or Tendlar -- Seymour Kneitel was using a rounder-bodied version of Bluto around this time in his cartoons.

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