During Dave Fleischer's brief period running Columbia's cartoon department, he set a high standard. He liked his cartoons with a constant stream of jokes and this one, clearly modeled on Chuck Jones THE DOVER BOYS, based on bad children's books from the Mauve Decade, has them in goodly number. The villain looks like he is modeled on the villain from Jones' cartoon.
Most interesting, though, are the visuals. They are angular and highly stylized, a good deal like the rough, impressionist style that UPA would adopt in the coming decade, but clearly more intended for humorous effect than for artistry. In fact, it has the look of bad woodblock work, the sort of thing that might be seen in a poor Stratmeyer Syndicate volume.
The point of these effects is to amuse. If your memories of those cheap series books is less than pleasurable, this one should offer you plenty of chuckles.
Most interesting, though, are the visuals. They are angular and highly stylized, a good deal like the rough, impressionist style that UPA would adopt in the coming decade, but clearly more intended for humorous effect than for artistry. In fact, it has the look of bad woodblock work, the sort of thing that might be seen in a poor Stratmeyer Syndicate volume.
The point of these effects is to amuse. If your memories of those cheap series books is less than pleasurable, this one should offer you plenty of chuckles.
