#iwerks

[prismcreative]

He is joined by another.

[dunphy]

Steamboat Willie (1928) dir. Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks

[mousetrappedcomic]

Mousetrapped #4: "An Ear to Bend"

One thing about early Mickey Mouse that not enough people appreciate (outside of die-hard Disney or old animation fans) is how much of his cartoons were the hard work of one man...

Ub Iwerks.

Iwerks and Walt Disney met as teenagers doing art in Kansas City and started a partnership early on. When Disney decided to get into animation, Iwerks followed him. Iwerks worked with Disney on almost all of his early projects - the Laugh-O-Grams, Alice Comedies, and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. When Disney lost control of Oswald (that's a hell of a story, but I don't think I'm competent enough to tell it), Iwerks stuck by Disney's side.

The animation you see in the original "Steamboat Willie" cartoon? That's mostly Iwerks.

Iwerks continued to do the heavy living for the next two years until he and Disney had a falling out. Iwerks would go on to start his own studio and create Flip the Frog (two years til you're public domain, Flip... I'm waiting). His studio never became as big as Disney or other companies. He'd do work for a few other studios before returning to Disney in 1940.

It's really a shame that Iwerks doesn't get remembered for his contributions to animation, not on the scale he deserves, anyway. Maybe I'm out of pocket here, but as much as the Walt Disney Company loves to tout how it all started with a mouse, they should honestly remember and promote Iwerks just as much.

Sorry for rambling.

Thunderbean Animation did a full bluray set of Flip the Frog's cartoons, which you can buy here if you like.

See you tomorrow. -R.

[disneytva]

Happy Halloween everyone, have this new Oswald The Lucky Rabbit promotional images from Walt Disney World Passholder Magner IG.

Drawing by Asia Ellington ("Primos") & Paul Rudish ("The Wonderful World Of Mickey Mouse" franchise).

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Skeleton Frolic (1937)

[toonycryptid]

Toony Family.

[oswaldtheluckyrabbitboy]

1930s boys! (humanises your toons)

Became very inspired to draw Oswald and Mickey Mouse (the brothers of all time) playing music together, Oswald with his Banjo and Mickey with his famous whistling abilities.

Also was going off the 1930s vibes and it ended up looking very Mark Twain lol.

might do modern day redesigns for them and some other toons.....

[thefugitivesaint]

Ub Iwerks (1901-1971), 'Hells Bells' (1929) You can watch the short here if you're curious.

[acmeoop]

“Who Found Roger Rabbit” Early Development Art For A Prequel Idea That Ended Up In Limbo Alongside “Toon Platoon” & “Who Discovered Roger Rabbit”…(80s-90s)

Source: https://comics.ha.com/itm/animation-art/concept-art/who-found-roger-rabbit-early-development-story-sketch-walt-disney-1988-/a/7268-17274.s

[citizenscreen]

FIDDLESTICKS, the first color sound cartoon, was released on August 16, 1930. The short was directed and animated by Ub Iwerks. #OnThisDay

[theknucklehead]

Spooky skeleton dances over the years.

[supreme-leader-stoat]

I'm unfortunately realizing that if I want to write an alt-history that diverges in 1900, I've gotta imagine a whole different pop-culture for the inhabitants because I've butterfly effect'd a whole bunch of the big names out of existence.

[memelordotherblog]

I'm the only uncomfortable with the blind Ub Iwerks praise? Yes done good work but people completely forgot that his flip the frog cartoon also had racist characters , but alas that goes against Ub being the better Mickey creator.

[disneytva]

Walt Disney Imagineering, Disney Yellow Two Shoes & Disney Television Animation wish you a happy new year and happy #DisneyTVA40.

This new New Year's card features all the WDW Passholder Magnets 2022-2023 redesings from Asia Ellington (“The Wonderful World Of Mickey Mouse” franchise, “Primos”) and Paul Rudish. (“The Wonderful World Of Mickey Mouse” franchise)

The piece features a hint of Walt Disney World Passholder Magnet redesings from José, Michael, Pierre and Fritz from The Enchanted Tiki Room