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.Cartoon ModernTumblr (3.0; @cartoonmodern)http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/Sailing and Village Band (1958, UPA) director: Fred...<img src="http://11.media.tumblr.com/OpR8XzxPendntu4zXnL5FjEJo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Sailing and Village Band </b>(1958, UPA)</p> <p>director: Fred Crippen</p> <p>designer: Jimmy Murakami</p>http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/106591765http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/106591765Tue, 12 May 2009 00:41:17 -0400A segment from Stan Freberg Presents The Chun King Chow Mein...<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/z_2biJELHhE&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/z_2biJELHhE&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>A segment from<b> Stan Freberg Presents The Chun King Chow Mein Hour: Salute to the Chinese New Year</b> (February 4, 1962)</p> <p>director: Fred Crippen</p> <p>designer: Saul Bass & Art Goodman</p> <p>(Soundtrack is from Freberg’s album “Stan Freberg Presents The United States Of America”)</p>http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/106140519http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/106140519Mon, 11 May 2009 01:49:20 -0400Character from a Bar-S Meats commercial produced by Ray Patin...<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/OpR8XzxPen6me9jcJk4RhyHSo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Character from a Bar-S Meats commercial produced by Ray Patin Productions </b>(ca. 1950s)</p> <p>designer: unknown</p>http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/104483525http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/104483525Thu, 07 May 2009 02:26:47 -0400Unidentified characters from a commercial produced by Ray Patin...<img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/OpR8XzxPen55t0gnEiSupafXo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Unidentified characters from a commercial produced by Ray Patin Productions </b>(ca. 1950s)</p> <p>designer: unknown</p>http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/104054684http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/104054684Wed, 06 May 2009 01:54:36 -0400Unidentified characters from a commercial produced by Ray Patin...<img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/OpR8XzxPen3vl6ms7wjVMn3To1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Unidentified characters from a commercial produced by Ray Patin Productions </b>(ca. 1950s)</p> <p>designer: unknown</p> <p><b><br/></b></p>http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/103672812http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/103672812Tue, 05 May 2009 04:20:48 -0400Man drawn onto cel Artist: Len Glasser (ca. late-1950s)<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/OpR8XzxPemsayp9jLyFbvECio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Man drawn onto cel</b></p> <p>Artist: Len Glasser</p> <p>(ca. late-1950s)</p>http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/100561763http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/100561763Mon, 27 Apr 2009 01:57:59 -0400Stills from a Union 76 Gasoline commercial (Playhouse...<img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/OpR8XzxPemr3ig2btMr1ASvzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Stills from a Union 76 Gasoline commercial</b> (Playhouse Pictures)</p> <p>designer: Sterling Sturtevant</p> <p>(PS - I promise to post more.)</p>http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/100262772http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/100262772Sun, 26 Apr 2009 05:41:00 -0400I think this was a TV commercial for Mars Candy, but I could be...<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/OpR8XzxPekg383qkKz0yoLnxo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>I think this was a TV commercial for Mars Candy, but I could be mistaken.</p> <p>(ca. 1955, UPA)</p> <p>director/designer: Gene Deitch</p>http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/81936864http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/81936864Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:28:42 -0500Brotherhood of Man (1945, UPA) director: Bobe Cannon designer:...<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/OpR8XzxPekd8dc42yvOEViD4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Brotherhood of Man </b>(1945, UPA)</p> <p>director: Bobe Cannon</p> <p>designer: John Hubley</p>http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/81326451http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/81326451Wed, 25 Feb 2009 02:29:26 -0500Brotherhood of Man (1945, UPA) director: Bobe Cannon designer:...<img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/OpR8XzxPekcwuf12LdSMDSfEo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Brotherhood of Man </b>(1945, UPA)</p> <p>director: Bobe Cannon</p> <p>designer: John Hubley</p>http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/81250066http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/81250066Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:06:47 -0500Rhapsody of Steel (1959, John Sutherland Productions) Background...<img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/OpR8XzxPek7h19gcxvWxVJueo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Rhapsody of Steel </b>(1959, John Sutherland Productions)<br/> Background painting by Eyvind Earle</p>http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/80169241http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/80169241Sat, 21 Feb 2009 01:45:22 -0500Letter and drawing by director/designer John Hubley announcing...<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/OpR8XzxPek6vwxewo1Foreq8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Letter and drawing by director/designer John Hubley announcing his studio’s move from LA to NY in 1955. </p>http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/80053662http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/80053662Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:54:08 -0500Giddyap (1950, UPA) director: Art Babbitt A detail of a color...<img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/OpR8XzxPek39mb19SJYcOfLEo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Giddyap </b>(1950, UPA)</p> <p>director: Art Babbitt</p> <p>A detail of a color concept for the film painted by Jules Engel.</p>http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/79303436http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/79303436Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:06:42 -0500Man and the Moon (1955, Disney) director/designer: Ward Kimball<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/OpR8XzxPek21y51zqrdh9lmwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Man and the Moon </b>(1955, Disney)</p> <p>director/designer: Ward Kimball</p>http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/79041354http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/79041354Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:44:11 -0500TV commercial for Ford (ca. 1954, Storyboard) designer: Bob...<img src="http://23.media.tumblr.com/OpR8XzxPek07kvn4SwA5Dq74o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>TV commercial for Ford </b>(ca. 1954, Storyboard)</p> <p>designer: Bob Guidi & John Hubley</p>http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/78686817http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/78686817Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:46:18 -0500TV commercial for Hills Bros. Coffee (ca. 1958, Lars Calonius...<img src="http://5.media.tumblr.com/OpR8XzxPejvyp2jrcLfE9iB2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>TV commercial for Hills Bros. Coffee </b>(ca. 1958, Lars Calonius Prods.)</p> <p>designer/director: unknown</p>http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/77937630http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/77937630Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:26:00 -0500TV commercial for Tide (ca. 1951, Tempo Productions) director:...<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/OpR8XzxPejuk10akzm9y3c6Co1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>TV commercial for Tide </b>(ca. 1951, Tempo Productions)</p> <p>director: David Hilberman</p> <p>designer: unknown</p>http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/77663759http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/77663759Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:48:09 -0500TV commercial for Hills Bros. Coffee (ca. 1955,...<img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/OpR8XzxPejt7g3q6XEZRkX4do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>TV commercial for Hills Bros. Coffee </b>(ca. 1955, Storyboard)</p> <p>designer: Bob Guidi & John Hubley</p>http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/77393655http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/77393655Wed, 11 Feb 2009 02:08:00 -0500TV commercial for Calo Cat Food (ca. 1960, Cascade...<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/OpR8XzxPejrtwdmkNmW5iir6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>TV commercial for Calo Cat Food </b>(ca. 1960, Cascade Productions)</p> <p>designer: unknown</p> <p>director: Tex Avery</p>http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/77117126http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/77117126Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:01:10 -0500TV commercial for Ford (ca. 1954, Storyboard) designer: Bob...<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/OpR8XzxPejqst2fo8JQZbjnio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>TV commercial for Ford </b>(ca. 1954, Storyboard)</p> <p>designer: Bob Guidi & John Hubley</p>http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/76889434http://cartoonmodern.tumblr.com/post/76889434Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:42:00 -0500