Cartoon Modern

A blog by Amid Amidi of inspiring cartoon art from the 1950s. For more, see my book Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in Fifties Animation from Chronicle Books. And don't forget to visit Cartoon Brew.

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Sat Feb 21

Rhapsody of Steel (1959, John Sutherland Productions)
Background painting by Eyvind Earle

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Fri Feb 20

Letter and drawing by director/designer John Hubley announcing his studio’s move from LA to NY in 1955.

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Wed Feb 18

Giddyap (1950, UPA)

director: Art Babbitt

A detail of a color concept for the film painted by Jules Engel.

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Tue Feb 17

Man and the Moon (1955, Disney)

director/designer: Ward Kimball

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Sun Feb 15

TV commercial for Ford (ca. 1954, Storyboard)

designer: Bob Guidi & John Hubley

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Fri Feb 13

TV commercial for Hills Bros. Coffee (ca. 1958, Lars Calonius Prods.)

designer/director: unknown

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Thu Feb 12

TV commercial for Tide (ca. 1951, Tempo Productions)

director: David Hilberman

designer: unknown

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Wed Feb 11

TV commercial for Hills Bros. Coffee (ca. 1955, Storyboard)

designer: Bob Guidi & John Hubley

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Tue Feb 10

TV commercial for Calo Cat Food (ca. 1960, Cascade Productions)

designer: unknown

director: Tex Avery

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Mon Feb 9

TV commercial for Ford (ca. 1954, Storyboard)

designer: Bob Guidi & John Hubley