tb Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Interesting propaganda films (although the first one was excruciatingly boring). I tried to dig for some historical context for "Education for Death" but only got a few hits from the New York Times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted May 3, 2012 Author Share Posted May 3, 2012 I tried to dig for some historical context for "Education for Death" but only got a few hits from the New York Times. Wikipedia has an informative entry: Education for Death Here is an excerpt: Production Education for Death: The Making of the Nazi was released when Disney was under government contract to produce 32 animated shorts from 1941-1945. This was due to the fact that in 1940 Walt Disney spent four times his budget on the feature film Fantasia (1940) which produced very little in the box office. Nearing bankruptcy and faced with a strike that left less than half of his employees on the payroll, Walt Disney was forced to look for a solution to upturn the production of the studio. Physical proximity to the military aircraft manufacturer, Lockheed, made it convenient for the U.S. government to offer Disney a contract for 32 short propaganda films at $4,500 each which would create work for his employees and in turn save the studio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOOT Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 I'm guessing that this is probably the first time Bill Gaines name was ever printed in a comic book. The Funnies #5 (February 1937) August 1936 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffman_Comics Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 This thread just keeps on giving What an astonishing piece. Where on Earth did you find that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tb Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrooge Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 :hail: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted May 17, 2012 Author Share Posted May 17, 2012 Very cool comic, Boot. I remember seeing a copy for sale on eBay 2-3 years ago. The seller was a very knowledgeable, long time collector so he should have noticed the Bill Gaines reference, but he didn't mention it in the item's description. It probably cost him some money as potential bidders may have overlooked the comic. I'm happy to see that you picked it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOOT Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 The seller was a very knowledgeable, long time collector so he should have noticed the Bill Gaines reference, but he didn't mention it in the item's description. Good memory! You're right, he didn't mention it or include a scan of the back cover. Got it for the contents - complete copies of Popular Comics #9 and The Funnies #1, and that it was a weird giveaway. Thrilled to see the names on the back cover and realize what it was - a Max Gaines giveaway produced for kids at the camp Bill and Elaine Gaines attended in the summer of 1936. I'm happy to see that you picked it up. (thumbs u Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted May 20, 2012 Author Share Posted May 20, 2012 (edited) Edited May 20, 2012 by BangZoom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Scrooge Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Fantastic story. Thank you for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sacentaur Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Fantastic story. Thank you for sharing. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted May 20, 2012 Author Share Posted May 20, 2012 Here's another one you might enjoy. June 22, 1952 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman_fan Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Here's another one you might enjoy. June 22, 1952 I remember when this one was auctioned off on Heritage. At the time I thought it was expensive, now I am thinking it was a bargain. Probably one of the most classic Peanut strips, especially for a comic collector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 You have probably mentioned this movie before but I saw it recently and noticed the numerous comic book references. Dean takes a job drawing Jerry's favorite character, Bat Lady. Jerry has read so many comics, he dreams about the characters and talks in his sleep. Dean listens to the dreams and incorporates the stories into the comic book plots. A young Shirley Maclaine is the model for Bat Lady and she falls in love with Jerry's character but doesn't want him to know she is Bat Lady. Unfortunately the movie includes a scene where Jerry denounces comics which have caused him to be retarded. Still a nifty approach to comics censorship, blood, gore and superheroes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJD Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 You have probably mentioned this movie before but I saw it recently and noticed the numerous comic book references. Dean takes a job drawing Jerry's favorite character, Bat Lady. Jerry has read so many comics, he dreams about the characters and talks in his sleep. Dean listens to the dreams and incorporates the stories into the comic book plots. A young Shirley Maclaine is the model for Bat Lady and she falls in love with Jerry's character but doesn't want him to know she is Bat Lady. Unfortunately the movie includes a scene where Jerry denounces comics which have caused him to be retarded. Still a nifty approach to comics censorship, blood, gore and superheroes. Great movie poster! My wife keeps threatening to collect vintage movie posters. As for the bit I bolded... Or is it just me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-Gun Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 You have probably mentioned this movie before but I saw it recently and noticed the numerous comic book references. Dean takes a job drawing Jerry's favorite character, Bat Lady. Jerry has read so many comics, he dreams about the characters and talks in his sleep. Dean listens to the dreams and incorporates the stories into the comic book plots. A young Shirley Maclaine is the model for Bat Lady and she falls in love with Jerry's character but doesn't want him to know she is Bat Lady. Unfortunately the movie includes a scene where Jerry denounces comics which have caused him to be retarded. Still a nifty approach to comics censorship, blood, gore and superheroes. Great movie poster! My wife keeps threatening to collect vintage movie posters. As for the bit I bolded... Or is it just me? Shirley was never as glamorous as Dorothy Malone but she made a good comic partner with Jerry. She has always been a wonderful actor and filled out the Bat Lady costume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BangZoom Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 The director of Artists and Models was an animation director before moving on to feature films. His work is discussed often on the animation forums. Mike Barrier Interview with Tashlin Excerpt From Wikipedia: Tashlin drifted from job to job after dropping out of high school in New Jersey at age 13. In 1930, he started working for Paul Terry as a cartoonist on the Aesop's Film Fables cartoon series, then worked briefly for Amadee J. Van Beuren, but he was just as much a drifter in his animation career as he had been as a teenager. Tashlin joined Leon Schlesinger's cartoon studio at Warner Bros. as an animator in 1932, where he was noted as a fast animator. He used his free time to start his own comic strip in 1934 called Van Boring, inspired by former boss Van Beuren, which ran for three years. He signed his comic strip "Tish Tash," and used the same name for his cartoon credits (at the time it was considered extremely unprofessional to use anything except one's birth name among animators, but Tashlin was able to get away with this due to the anti-Germanic feelings of that era). Tashlin was fired from the studio when he refused to give Schlesinger a cut of his comic strip revenues. He joined the Ub Iwerks studio in 1934. He moved to Hal Roach's studio in 1935 as a writer. He returned to Schlesinger in 1936 as an animation director where his diverse interest and knowledge of the industry brought a new understanding of camerawork to the Warners directors. In 1938, he worked for Disney in the story department. Afterward, he served as production manager at Columbia Pictures' Screen Gems animation studio in 1941. Tashlin rejoined the Warner directors of "Termite Terrace" in 1943. He stayed with the studio during World War II and worked on numerous wartime shorts, including the Private Snafu educational films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
