Cartoons
The Breath of a Nation
This is so clever and visually surreal that's it's hard to believe it was not made yesterday.Lots more info here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 10, 2019 -
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Category: Surrealism, Cartoons, Marriage, 1910s, Alcohol
RIP by Cyriak
Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 03, 2019 -
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Category: Death, Surrealism, Cartoons, Skulls, Bones and Skeletons
The Great Toy Robbery
The Great Toy Robbery, Jeff Hale, provided by the National Film Board of Canada
Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 18, 2019 -
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Category: Crime, Holidays, Cartoons, 1960s
Panda and the Magic Serpent (Tale of the White Serpent)
As its Wikipedia page tells us: "It is the first anime in any shape or form to be released in America."
Posted By: Paul - Tue Feb 26, 2019 -
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Category: Cartoons, 1950s, Asia, North America
Christmas Cracker
The first item is okay if bland, but the next two are fairly weird.Christmas Cracker, Jeff Hale, Norman McLaren, Grant Munro & Gerald Potterton, provided by the National Film Board of Canada
Posted By: Paul - Mon Dec 24, 2018 -
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Category: Holidays, Cartoons, Stop-motion Animation, 1960s
Shame of the Jungle
Cartoon nudity.The Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 21, 2018 -
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Category: Sexuality, Cartoons, 1970s, Africa, Europe
Cat’s Cradle
Cat's Cradle, Paul Driessen, provided by the National Film Board of Canada
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 05, 2018 -
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Category: Surrealism, Cartoons, 1970s
“Ubu” by Geoff Dunbar
Home page of creator.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Aug 19, 2018 -
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Category: War, Surrealism, Cartoons, 1970s
In the Round Four-Cornered Forest
Pure nightmare fuel for any unsuspecting child.
"The habitants of the Round Four Cornered Forest are a happy bunch of nice, accepting, loving companions: Micker-Macker, Pretty Kitty, Seraphin Horse, Lajos Monster, Aromo, Great Zoard, Sigfrid Bruckner, Elek Mouse, and Dömdödöm."
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 02, 2018 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Surrealism, Foreign Customs, Cartoons, Europe, Twenty-first Century, Fictional Monsters
Scrappy
Lots of archetypical 1930s weirdness in this cartoon.
Wikipedia page here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu May 24, 2018 -
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Category: Surrealism, Cartoons, Dogs, 1930s
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