tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post3494657609307703..comments2024-03-28T11:45:24.378-07:00Comments on Tralfaz: Maurice Noble's AfricaYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-22649734325271695762013-08-30T08:40:24.361-07:002013-08-30T08:40:24.361-07:00Maltese noted how they had to bring Jones back at ...Maltese noted how they had to bring Jones back at times from his penchant for getting too philosophical with his cartoons -- he never specifically mentioned the in-love-with-its-own-cuteness factor that started resurfacing about the time the UPA stylization by Noble entered the picture, but Mike (and even Tedd Pierce during Maltese's Lantz period) still provided enough substance to the stories to keep the cartoons anchored. <br /><br />But once Maltese and then Pierce were gone, there were no writers left on staff who were there from back in Chuck's early cuteness period that nearly got him demoted by Schlesinger. That's when Jones' old instincts, combined with Nobles graphics to make the cartoons the early 60s versions of Bobe Cannon's 1950s UPA shorts -- great to look at, but with stories as thin as rice paper.J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.com