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Why couldn't this have stayed Mickey's personality forever?
These strips are from the first Mickey Mouse newspaper comics story arc, "Lost on a Desert Island". They were written by Walt Disney, illustrated by Ub Iwerks, and inked by Win Smith. And, yes, they are public domain as of a few days ago.
These strips are from the first Mickey Mouse newspaper comics story arc, "Lost on a Desert Island". They were written by Walt Disney, illustrated by Ub Iwerks, and inked by Win Smith. And, yes, they are public domain as of a few days ago.
January 6, 2026 at 5:22 AM
Why couldn't this have stayed Mickey's personality forever?
These strips are from the first Mickey Mouse newspaper comics story arc, "Lost on a Desert Island". They were written by Walt Disney, illustrated by Ub Iwerks, and inked by Win Smith. And, yes, they are public domain as of a few days ago.
These strips are from the first Mickey Mouse newspaper comics story arc, "Lost on a Desert Island". They were written by Walt Disney, illustrated by Ub Iwerks, and inked by Win Smith. And, yes, they are public domain as of a few days ago.
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Early Japanese manga are starting to enter the public domain the US. Soon, Americans will be able to do what they want with famous manga characters, like... Mickey Mouse?
January 5, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Early Japanese manga are starting to enter the public domain the US. Soon, Americans will be able to do what they want with famous manga characters, like... Mickey Mouse?
One very important but very overlooked work that just became public domain is Milt Gross' early wordless graphic novel, 'He Done Her Wrong'. You can read it on Internet Archive here: archive.org/details/hedo...
The images below are not sequential; they're just examples I find especially appealing.
The images below are not sequential; they're just examples I find especially appealing.
January 5, 2026 at 2:43 AM
One very important but very overlooked work that just became public domain is Milt Gross' early wordless graphic novel, 'He Done Her Wrong'. You can read it on Internet Archive here: archive.org/details/hedo...
The images below are not sequential; they're just examples I find especially appealing.
The images below are not sequential; they're just examples I find especially appealing.
It is my understanding that this is what cowboys did all day
January 5, 2026 at 2:00 AM
It is my understanding that this is what cowboys did all day
Today is Hayao Miyazaki's 85th birthday. Best known for things that aren't the thing I'm about to say, but the sequences he's responsible for in 'Flying Phantom Ship' and Toei's 'Puss in Boots' are by far the coolest in the films.
January 5, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Today is Hayao Miyazaki's 85th birthday. Best known for things that aren't the thing I'm about to say, but the sequences he's responsible for in 'Flying Phantom Ship' and Toei's 'Puss in Boots' are by far the coolest in the films.
I wish more of the Adult Swim bumps for the '60s anime they used to air were preserved online anywhere. Some of the Astro Boy ones were especially funny and kind of YTP-ish. "I'll blow you..." (long pause) "...and your ship to pieces!"
Whispering Gigantor Bump
YouTube video by Nathan Margaglio
www.youtube.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:48 PM
I wish more of the Adult Swim bumps for the '60s anime they used to air were preserved online anywhere. Some of the Astro Boy ones were especially funny and kind of YTP-ish. "I'll blow you..." (long pause) "...and your ship to pieces!"
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it’s going to be weird going back to work and people talking like everything is normal. like in a final fantasy game when someone’s summoned a meteor from hell to destroy the planet and the villagers still only talk about the big chocobo pageant coming up
January 4, 2026 at 9:16 PM
it’s going to be weird going back to work and people talking like everything is normal. like in a final fantasy game when someone’s summoned a meteor from hell to destroy the planet and the villagers still only talk about the big chocobo pageant coming up
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you should get a notification when someone achieves something you were kinda thinking about doing
January 4, 2026 at 8:54 PM
you should get a notification when someone achieves something you were kinda thinking about doing
The animation in the 'Ziggy' TV specials is of course very impressive, but I wonder if the jokes would be funnier if the movement was snappier rather than so lush throughout. My attention is always drawn to the movement rather than the intended humor.
It's the polar opposite of the modern approach.
It's the polar opposite of the modern approach.
January 4, 2026 at 7:46 PM
The animation in the 'Ziggy' TV specials is of course very impressive, but I wonder if the jokes would be funnier if the movement was snappier rather than so lush throughout. My attention is always drawn to the movement rather than the intended humor.
It's the polar opposite of the modern approach.
It's the polar opposite of the modern approach.
One example I was just shown of Japanese full animation looking absolutely beautiful is "Osamu & Musashi" (overall director Rintaro, animation director Sugino Akio). It has the ambition of 'Little Nemo' without feeling squandered or misguided. (I like 'Little Nemo' but the pilots are SO much better)
January 4, 2026 at 6:23 PM
One example I was just shown of Japanese full animation looking absolutely beautiful is "Osamu & Musashi" (overall director Rintaro, animation director Sugino Akio). It has the ambition of 'Little Nemo' without feeling squandered or misguided. (I like 'Little Nemo' but the pilots are SO much better)
I just watched Astro Boy's series finale (episode 193). It's appropriately grand in scale and full of interesting concepts and twists. The pacing is quite fast, sometimes comically so even during dramatic parts. And the drama does get heavy, with Astro making a huge sacrifice to save Earth. Then:
January 4, 2026 at 3:09 AM
I just watched Astro Boy's series finale (episode 193). It's appropriately grand in scale and full of interesting concepts and twists. The pacing is quite fast, sometimes comically so even during dramatic parts. And the drama does get heavy, with Astro making a huge sacrifice to save Earth. Then:
From the Flip the Frog cartoon "The Cuckoo Murder Case" (1930). This didn't have to be animated in 3D perspective but they did it anyway!
January 4, 2026 at 1:05 AM
From the Flip the Frog cartoon "The Cuckoo Murder Case" (1930). This didn't have to be animated in 3D perspective but they did it anyway!
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this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier
Jeezus! (Warning: LOUD)
January 4, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Jeezus! (Warning: LOUD)
Every time I know of that a work of Japanese animation does a visual homage to classical western full animation, the timing is off and the results and up looking mushy. I think this is interesting because there are so many other works of Japanese anime that utilize full animation and don't mush.
January 4, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Every time I know of that a work of Japanese animation does a visual homage to classical western full animation, the timing is off and the results and up looking mushy. I think this is interesting because there are so many other works of Japanese anime that utilize full animation and don't mush.
Robot Chicken has a lot of outside jokes but this one always particularly bugged me because it gets so much wrong in the span of 17 seconds. Dr. Tenma, not Dr. Ochanomizu, made Astro Boy, and fully intended him to be clothed. This is made clear in the manga’s intro AND the anime’s first episode!
Robot Chicken: Astro Boy
YouTube video by RT-TOONS2003
m.youtube.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Robot Chicken has a lot of outside jokes but this one always particularly bugged me because it gets so much wrong in the span of 17 seconds. Dr. Tenma, not Dr. Ochanomizu, made Astro Boy, and fully intended him to be clothed. This is made clear in the manga’s intro AND the anime’s first episode!
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The rest of the motto's pretty much a shot-for-shot remake of this one part of the opening to "Star of the Giants."
January 3, 2026 at 12:20 PM
The rest of the motto's pretty much a shot-for-shot remake of this one part of the opening to "Star of the Giants."
"Davy Jones' Locker" (1933)
I'd love to be able to think visually enough to come up with these sorts of gags
I'd love to be able to think visually enough to come up with these sorts of gags
January 2, 2026 at 10:35 PM
"Davy Jones' Locker" (1933)
I'd love to be able to think visually enough to come up with these sorts of gags
I'd love to be able to think visually enough to come up with these sorts of gags
Sometimes weird 1930s cartoons really did fit the exact mold of the stereotypical idea of what weird 1930s were. (This is not a bad thing.)
January 2, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Sometimes weird 1930s cartoons really did fit the exact mold of the stereotypical idea of what weird 1930s were. (This is not a bad thing.)