Woody Woodpecker, the first thing that comes to mind is that silly iconic laugh he has thats played at the beginning of each Woody Woodpecker cartoon. This dopey looking bird with the goofy grin and sometimes awkward teeth (depending on which version of Woody you were watching) gave this bird the look of someone who was mischievous. These [...]
Archive for February 2010
Blog 5, Woody Woodpecker, by John Lyver
February 22, 2010Blog 4, Felix the Cat Old and New by John Lyver
February 17, 2010I wanted to compare the Older Felix from the 1920s and the newer Felix that appeared more recently. Even though there is the obvious difference between these cartoons like the adding of color animation instead of black and white a more modern cartoon style and the newer cartoons containing talking and sound, there are still [...]
Blog 3 Popeye, John Lyver
February 8, 2010This week after reading the chapter I wanted to watch some popeye cartoons. Popeye the sailor man was drawn with a more humanistic approach, unlike that of Mickey Mouse and some of the other cartoons earlier and of the time which still depicted much less then human characters. This period being a time of the use [...]
Blog 2, John Lyver, Mickey’s Steamroller
February 1, 2010This blog is about Mickey Mouse since we are going over Disney in chapter 2 in “Of Mice and Magic”. I think it is safe to say that Mickey is one of Walt Disney’s most successful and beloved cartoon characters. Even all through out Disney World itself they have placed hidden Mickey’s, an icon of [...]
