Vincent Alexander
@nonsenseisland.bsky.social
Cartoonist and animator. Creator of "Musical Man" and "Klickbait Kat."
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One of the great missed opportunities: Walt Disney was planning a Museum of the Weird for Disneyland that was scrapped when Walt died. Here are some of the designs by animator Rolly Crump.
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
One of the great missed opportunities: Walt Disney was planning a Museum of the Weird for Disneyland that was scrapped when Walt died. Here are some of the designs by animator Rolly Crump.
Born today in 1914: Hedy Lamarr, glamorous movie star, genius inventor, and - most importantly - close, personal friend of Screwy Squirrel.
November 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Born today in 1914: Hedy Lamarr, glamorous movie star, genius inventor, and - most importantly - close, personal friend of Screwy Squirrel.
Reposted by Vincent Alexander
Zagreb Film's YouTube channel is a goldmine of restored classics from the '50s onward
November 4, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Zagreb Film's YouTube channel is a goldmine of restored classics from the '50s onward
Great song and even better animation.
From Bob Clampett's THE HEP CAT (1942)
From Bob Clampett's THE HEP CAT (1942)
November 6, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Great song and even better animation.
From Bob Clampett's THE HEP CAT (1942)
From Bob Clampett's THE HEP CAT (1942)
Classic Jim Henson ad.
November 5, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Classic Jim Henson ad.
Kudos to the lighthearted 1950s comedy FATHER OF THE BRIDE for throwing in this bizarre nightmare sequence designed by Salvador Dali.
November 3, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Kudos to the lighthearted 1950s comedy FATHER OF THE BRIDE for throwing in this bizarre nightmare sequence designed by Salvador Dali.
Reposted by Vincent Alexander
As a kid I loved classic Looney Tunes, but as an adult, I'm fascinated by the background art.
September 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
As a kid I loved classic Looney Tunes, but as an adult, I'm fascinated by the background art.
I had a lot of fun writing an article about great vampires in animation. But I want to hear from you guys - who are your favorite cartoon vampires?
November 1, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I had a lot of fun writing an article about great vampires in animation. But I want to hear from you guys - who are your favorite cartoon vampires?
Hey guys! Check out my new article about cartoon vampires throughout history, full of historical anecdotes and obscure oddball clips. Happy Halloween!
October 31, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Hey guys! Check out my new article about cartoon vampires throughout history, full of historical anecdotes and obscure oddball clips. Happy Halloween!
Reposted by Vincent Alexander
For Halloween this year, we asked animation historian @nonsenseisland.bsky.social to take a look at some of the most memorable vampires throughout animation history, so pour yourself a cup of blood and dive in!
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Cartoon Study: Great Cartoon Vampires In Animation History
For Halloween this year, we’re taking a look at some of the most memorable vampires throughout animation history, so pour yourself a cup of blood and dive in!
www.cartoonbrew.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:13 PM
For Halloween this year, we asked animation historian @nonsenseisland.bsky.social to take a look at some of the most memorable vampires throughout animation history, so pour yourself a cup of blood and dive in!
www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-stud...
www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-stud...
This wonderful MYSTERIOUS MOSE short by the good people at Screen Novelties combines so many of the things I love most: puppets, stop-motion, old jazz, and spooky surrealism. I always love watching this around Halloween.
Directed by Mark Caballero & Seamus Walsh.
Directed by Mark Caballero & Seamus Walsh.
October 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
This wonderful MYSTERIOUS MOSE short by the good people at Screen Novelties combines so many of the things I love most: puppets, stop-motion, old jazz, and spooky surrealism. I always love watching this around Halloween.
Directed by Mark Caballero & Seamus Walsh.
Directed by Mark Caballero & Seamus Walsh.
Nice creepy atmosphere in the opening of the Mickey Mouse cartoon THE MAD DOCTOR (1933). There's something unnerving about how the film doesn't provide an intro or any context, it just drops us right into the action.
October 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Nice creepy atmosphere in the opening of the Mickey Mouse cartoon THE MAD DOCTOR (1933). There's something unnerving about how the film doesn't provide an intro or any context, it just drops us right into the action.
Reposted by Vincent Alexander
I'm sorry to be cloying and romantic but there is something intangibly beautiful about hand-crafted things that no automated, expedited, "at-scale" tool can ever achieve.
You feel something wake up in you when you see work like this. It dislodges some sort of primal wonder.
You feel something wake up in you when you see work like this. It dislodges some sort of primal wonder.
12 seconds from 8 stop-motion films (1968–present) across the career of animator Yuri Norstein
October 29, 2025 at 6:05 AM
I'm sorry to be cloying and romantic but there is something intangibly beautiful about hand-crafted things that no automated, expedited, "at-scale" tool can ever achieve.
You feel something wake up in you when you see work like this. It dislodges some sort of primal wonder.
You feel something wake up in you when you see work like this. It dislodges some sort of primal wonder.
Top-notch classic cartoon weirdness.
From BIMBO'S INITIATION (1931).
From BIMBO'S INITIATION (1931).
October 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Top-notch classic cartoon weirdness.
From BIMBO'S INITIATION (1931).
From BIMBO'S INITIATION (1931).
Reposted by Vincent Alexander
In the '70s, Hayao Miyazaki tried to revive the cartoons of his youth. And he kept mentioning Fleischer's Mr. Bug Goes to Town.
He loved its animation and use of "space," and the physical way its characters navigate its world. We look into the story:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/miyazaki-a...
He loved its animation and use of "space," and the physical way its characters navigate its world. We look into the story:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/miyazaki-a...
October 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
In the '70s, Hayao Miyazaki tried to revive the cartoons of his youth. And he kept mentioning Fleischer's Mr. Bug Goes to Town.
He loved its animation and use of "space," and the physical way its characters navigate its world. We look into the story:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/miyazaki-a...
He loved its animation and use of "space," and the physical way its characters navigate its world. We look into the story:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/miyazaki-a...
Halloween is the perfect time to watch 1930s cartoons.
October 26, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Halloween is the perfect time to watch 1930s cartoons.
Reposted by Vincent Alexander
Looney Tunes remained popular for decades precisely because it was airing in widespread syndication on TV all the time. Old cartoons should be FREE to find new audiences, ESPECIALLY when their rights holders don't even care enough to platform them anymore.
After leaving HBO Max earlier this year, ‘Looney Tunes’ is a hit on Tubi, the company says, and popular across generations. It should be a model for every classic cartoons trapped in streaming limbo.
Make All Classic Cartoons Free
After leaving HBO Max earlier this year, ‘Looney Tunes’ is a hit on Tubi, the company says, and popular across generations. It should be a model for every classic cartoons trapped in streaming limbo.
www.vulture.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Looney Tunes remained popular for decades precisely because it was airing in widespread syndication on TV all the time. Old cartoons should be FREE to find new audiences, ESPECIALLY when their rights holders don't even care enough to platform them anymore.
A great drawing from 1934 (by Ed Fourcher) featuring all of the biggest cartoon stars of the day.
October 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
A great drawing from 1934 (by Ed Fourcher) featuring all of the biggest cartoon stars of the day.
It's a crime we only got one episode of KORGOTH OF BARBARIA. Aaron Springer is a genius.
October 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
It's a crime we only got one episode of KORGOTH OF BARBARIA. Aaron Springer is a genius.
Father of Manga Osamu Tezuka on meeting Walt Disney.
October 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Father of Manga Osamu Tezuka on meeting Walt Disney.
I'm not sure who my favorite musician is, but Fats Waller is up there. He clowned around and cracked jokes so much during his songs that he made what he did look easy, but his songwriting / piano-playing was unbeatable. This clip is from 1943, the year he died.
October 16, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I'm not sure who my favorite musician is, but Fats Waller is up there. He clowned around and cracked jokes so much during his songs that he made what he did look easy, but his songwriting / piano-playing was unbeatable. This clip is from 1943, the year he died.
I love this sketch Irv Spence made of himself watching scenes he animated in the 1944 Tom & Jerry cartoon THE ZOOT CAT.
October 16, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I love this sketch Irv Spence made of himself watching scenes he animated in the 1944 Tom & Jerry cartoon THE ZOOT CAT.
Rest in peace, Diane Keaton.
October 11, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Rest in peace, Diane Keaton.
R.I.P. Diane Keaton. So brilliant and funny in ANNIE HALL, MANHATTAN, LOVE AND DEATH, etc. If you haven't seen her incredible comic performance in the ultra-bizarre SLEEPER, you need to.
October 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
R.I.P. Diane Keaton. So brilliant and funny in ANNIE HALL, MANHATTAN, LOVE AND DEATH, etc. If you haven't seen her incredible comic performance in the ultra-bizarre SLEEPER, you need to.