Well, I've been too inactive lately. I've been very busy, mostly getting sick and going to school. But now that I'm in the mood, I might as well make another post, eh? Lets do something easy; a 'Manny-Ken-Virgil-Artie' Friz picture from 1952. Being what it is, it's automatically one of the best cartoons ever made!
Animation breakdown:
0:39-1:51 Art Davis
1:52-2:26 Manny Perez
2:27-3:59 Virgil Ross
4:00-4:19 Art Davis
4:20-4:43 Ken Champin
4:44-5:42 Art Davis
5:43-6:33 Manny Perez
6:34-7:03 Ken Champin
Art Davis is very prominent here,and of course he's doing lots of fluid action scenes. He incorporates his sharp hairy jags into Sam's moustache, and draws Bugs with lots of rounded facial features. Artie brings lots of fine funny and squashy facial expressions in this episode, especially at 1:17 where,as far as I'm concerned, Sam looks like a Muppet.
Manny Perez, Friz's whipping boy, is the other driving force behind this cartoon. Like always, he draws lots of dark eye pupils; he also draws Sam with wide gaps between his eyes. Manny's facial scenes are flatter,and not as dimensional as the others.
Virgil Ross handles Bugs' "Wild feeling" scene, and it's a good example of Virgil's Clampett-honed action sensibilities. Friz must have really liked the scene, as it inspired a Woolie Rietherman maneuver. Ken Champin draws Bugs much cuter than he did in the late-1940s.
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