Tuesday, 25 July 2023

Dry Brush Duck

Art Davis’ cartoon What Makes Daffy Duck is a feast for animation fans who love to check out the animation frame-by-frame. The animators look like they’ve having fun with Daffy. The “little black duck” has some crazy expressions and plenty of dry-brush/multiple/smear animation.

Some frames from one scene.



This is probably my favourite of Davis’ shorts at Warners. Besides the fun artwork, the story and dialogue (credited to Lloyd Turner and Bill Scott) are strong.

Bill Melendez, Emery Hawkins, Don Williams and Basil Davidovich are the credited animators in this early 1948 release.
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2 comments:

  1. Eric O. Costello25 July 2023 at 15:25

    It's definitely a tossup between this cartoon and "Bowery Bugs" for Davis' strongest cartoon as a director at WB. There's a lot to like in this cartoon.

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  2. Hans Christian Brando25 July 2023 at 18:43

    Arguably the last cartoon where Daffy is worthy of the name.

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