Comedy for Animators
@comedyforanimators.bsky.social
A book about the art and history of physical comedy for people in animation. Available at that online bookstore. Learn more about me:
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Texas Tom (1950)
December 9, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Texas Tom (1950)
In cartoons, magnetic force is easily recognizable.
December 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
In cartoons, magnetic force is easily recognizable.
ACME battleship armor works as well as expected. #ChuckJones
December 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
ACME battleship armor works as well as expected. #ChuckJones
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
I will never again flip sheets of animation paper and use a pencil to animate. 🙁
I will never again flip sheets of animation paper and use a pencil to animate. 🙁
After my summer spent working in a boiler room, I knew my way around the USA and Canada by area code.
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
Archival research feels like it’s full of these, but then there’s always one throwback archive with a microfiche machine or a paper catalogue (or, indeed: NARA)
Archival research feels like it’s full of these, but then there’s always one throwback archive with a microfiche machine or a paper catalogue (or, indeed: NARA)
December 8, 2025 at 3:06 PM
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
I will never again flip sheets of animation paper and use a pencil to animate. 🙁
I will never again flip sheets of animation paper and use a pencil to animate. 🙁
Plane Daffy (1944)
December 6, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Plane Daffy (1944)
An example of “subverting the layout” when a character interacts with the background in an unexpected way. The Up-Standing Sitter (1948) #DaffyDuck #animation #Comedy
December 4, 2025 at 5:05 AM
An example of “subverting the layout” when a character interacts with the background in an unexpected way. The Up-Standing Sitter (1948) #DaffyDuck #animation #Comedy
Jerry has super strength to rescue his friend. #TomAndJerry #Animation
December 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Jerry has super strength to rescue his friend. #TomAndJerry #Animation
Something more modern than what I usually post. I’m a big fan of Dreamworks’ Madagascar 3. I particularly like this scene. How can you not like a chimp with a banana machine gun?
December 3, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Something more modern than what I usually post. I’m a big fan of Dreamworks’ Madagascar 3. I particularly like this scene. How can you not like a chimp with a banana machine gun?
It’s the follow up that ices this cake.
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
It’s the follow up that ices this cake.
December 2, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Wile Coyote discovers a worm hole to his own dimension.
December 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Wile Coyote discovers a worm hole to his own dimension.
A small critique. The bomb really should not float down like that. To look heavy it should fly out of frame and drop back in fast.
November 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
A small critique. The bomb really should not float down like that. To look heavy it should fly out of frame and drop back in fast.
Daffy watching Porky fall from a great height.
November 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Daffy watching Porky fall from a great height.
A Bugs Bunny walk cycle. #animation #LooneyTunes
November 29, 2025 at 8:12 PM
A Bugs Bunny walk cycle. #animation #LooneyTunes
I like the timing of the log. It has character.
November 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I like the timing of the log. It has character.
I still love this movie.
November 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I still love this movie.
I can’t believe I hadn’t seen Holiday for Drumsticks until this week. It is a great #DaffyDuck short. Happy Thanksgiving! https://youtu.be/PdIKllEB2M8?si=TDEaUXQLH_YQQmBe
Holiday for Drumsticks (1949)
YouTube video by thebulbmin
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November 27, 2025 at 5:00 AM
I can’t believe I hadn’t seen Holiday for Drumsticks until this week. It is a great #DaffyDuck short. Happy Thanksgiving! https://youtu.be/PdIKllEB2M8?si=TDEaUXQLH_YQQmBe