Hacking For a Birdie

Tex Avery spends most of What’s Buzzin’ Buzzard? having the two main characters try to kill and cannibalise each other. Here’s a 14-drawing cycle from one scene.



Here’s the cycle slowed down.



Ray Abrams, Preston Blair and Ed Love are the credited animators, using designs by Claude Smith. Johnny Johnsen, as usual, supplied the scenic mesas and plateaus. Scott Bradley plays “Shortnin’ Bread” a lot on the soundtrack.