Comments on: Recap Friday - Celebrity Caricature http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=1434 A site to feature the art, animation, work and some of the thoughts of the artists working at Michael Sporn Animation. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:49:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Eddie Fitzgerald http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=1434#comment-44955 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:14:20 +0000 http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=1434#comment-44955 I love to see caricatures of Garbo. Unfortunately most people only know her through her deadpan role in "Ninotchka," which isn't typical. I love to see caricatures of Garbo. Unfortunately most people only know her through her deadpan role in “Ninotchka,” which isn’t typical.

]]> by: Michael http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=1434#comment-44950 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:41:48 +0000 http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=1434#comment-44950 Hi John, That book is the catalogue of the show from the Library of Congress, and it's the orginal source for a lot of the illustrations posted. I'd recommend everyone to get a copy for themselves. Hi John,
That book is the catalogue of the show from the Library of Congress, and it’s the orginal source for a lot of the illustrations posted. I’d recommend everyone to get a copy for themselves.

]]> by: John http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=1434#comment-44939 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:53:47 +0000 http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=1434#comment-44939 Surprisingly, the 1954 cheater cartoon "Popeye's 20th Anniversary" does a strong job mimicking Hirschfield's charactered style in drawing the Paramount-featured celebrities of the period, which I suppose was a good fit, since Famous Studios was just at the opposite end of Times Square from where Hirschfield was working (I'm not sure if this was Al Eugster's work, but he was head animator on the cartoon). Surprisingly, the 1954 cheater cartoon “Popeye’s 20th Anniversary” does a strong job mimicking Hirschfield’s charactered style in drawing the Paramount-featured celebrities of the period, which I suppose was a good fit, since Famous Studios was just at the opposite end of Times Square from where Hirschfield was working (I’m not sure if this was Al Eugster’s work, but he was head animator on the cartoon).

]]> by: Achi http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=1434#comment-44887 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 10:43:08 +0000 http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=1434#comment-44887 All these examples and more can be seen in the excellent book by Wendy Wick Reaves's "Celebrity Caricature in America" http://www.amazon.com/Celebrity-Caricature-America-Wendy-Reaves/dp/0300074638 All these examples and more can be seen in the excellent book by Wendy Wick Reaves’s “Celebrity Caricature in America”
http://www.amazon.com/Celebrity-Caricature-America-Wendy-Reaves/dp/0300074638

]]> by: Leila http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=1434#comment-44806 Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:04:12 +0000 http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=1434#comment-44806 I went to see that exhibit twice at the National Portrait Gallery. There were some beautiful caricatures by Ralph Barton as well. I went to see that exhibit twice at the National Portrait Gallery. There were some beautiful caricatures by Ralph Barton as well.

]]> by: Stephen Worth http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=1434#comment-44711 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:36:37 +0000 http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=1434#comment-44711 <a HREF="http://www.animationarchive.org/2007/05/illustration-genius-of-miguel.html" rel="nofollow">Here's some great Covarrubias!</a> enjoy Steve Here’s some great Covarrubias!

enjoy
Steve

]]> by: Thad http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=1434#comment-44700 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:20:43 +0000 http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=1434#comment-44700 Mike- This is... <i>bizarre</i>. My post today was devoted to (in this case, 'lost') celebrity caricatures too!!! Mike-
This is… bizarre. My post today was devoted to (in this case, ‘lost’) celebrity caricatures too!!!

]]> by: Janet Benn http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=1434#comment-44660 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:31:41 +0000 http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=1434#comment-44660 Hi, What a nice way to start the day, with these fabulous drawings! "Mother Goose goes Hollywood" has been one of my favorite cartoons since I was a small child. I love the Garbo model. I can explore the character design in each one of these examples. Hi,

What a nice way to start the day, with these fabulous drawings! “Mother Goose goes Hollywood” has been one of my favorite cartoons since I was a small child. I love the Garbo model. I can explore the character design in each one of these examples.

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