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Vincent Alexander

@nonsenseisland.bsky.social

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Cartoonist and animator. Creator of "Musical Man" and "Klickbait Kat."

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Vincent Alexander @nonsenseisland.bsky.social · Nov 16

Down with social media! (Animated by me.)

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One of my favorite New Yorker cartoons. By Michael Crawford.

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Vincent Alexander @nonsenseisland.bsky.social · 2d

Terrific dog drawing by Ronald Searle.

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Vincent Alexander @nonsenseisland.bsky.social · 3d

The actual life of a showgirl.

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Vincent Alexander @nonsenseisland.bsky.social · 3d

Tragic: I wanted to use this "split up" gag in something, but then I realized REN & STIMPY already did it.

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Jason Reicher @jasonreicher.bsky.social · 4d

Here are some of my boards from @adampaloian.bsky.social and Pinreel's new SpongeBob short, GO FETCH! I had a blast helping out on this, and I'm in awe of the final result. See if you can spot the similarities and differences between the boards and the final short.

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Jay Lender - Commissions Open! @jaylender.bsky.social · 4d

Bob Lubbers and Li'l Abner beat SpongeBob to the punch by 43 years on this gag (the brilliant work of Aaron Springer and Carl Greenblatt).

"Patback" from the episode "Survival of the Idiots".

Mr. Perfect reveals the muscle-face on his back to an adoring lady.

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Vincent Alexander @nonsenseisland.bsky.social · 4d

The best frame from THE JETSONS.

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Vincent Alexander @nonsenseisland.bsky.social · 4d

Maybe the Looney Tunes short most relevant to our times: 1956's TO HARE IS HUMAN, in which Wile E. Coyote creates a computer to think for him and slavishly obeys everything it tells him to do, no matter how self-destructive.

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Vincent Alexander @nonsenseisland.bsky.social · 6d

You're right!! Very similar.

Vincent Alexander @nonsenseisland.bsky.social · 7d

Some more caption-less ones (I just like the drawings).

Vincent Alexander @nonsenseisland.bsky.social · 7d

A few I couldn't find captions for.

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Vincent Alexander @nonsenseisland.bsky.social · 7d

A few more.

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Vincent Alexander @nonsenseisland.bsky.social · 7d

More terrific drawings.

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Vincent Alexander @nonsenseisland.bsky.social · 7d

I love the cartoony anatomy in these. They're sexy, but still exaggerated in comic strip fashion, not realistic.

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Vincent Alexander @nonsenseisland.bsky.social · 7d

Lots of skin on display in some of these.

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Vincent Alexander @nonsenseisland.bsky.social · 7d

DeCarlo's cartoony designs and command of facial expressions are so charming, his pin-up cartoons feel harmless and innocent even while being slightly risqué.

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Vincent Alexander @nonsenseisland.bsky.social · 7d

A lot of these were done for girlie magazines like Humorama in the 1950s and '60s.

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Vincent Alexander @nonsenseisland.bsky.social · 7d

More DeCarlo.

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Vincent Alexander @nonsenseisland.bsky.social · 7d

Pin-Up Art by the great Dan DeCarlo, best known for drawing the Archie Comics.

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Vincent Alexander @nonsenseisland.bsky.social · 8d

From SLAP-HAPPY LION (1947).

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Vincent Alexander @nonsenseisland.bsky.social · 8d

Prime Tex Avery gag.

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Nice boy of sound mind 🔒 @mattshoelace.bsky.social · 9d

I say this a lot but it's cool that this sort of thing is the greatest achievement in the history of humanity and no one wants to pay any money for it to exist

Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 9d

Hermína Týrlová was a stop-motion legend -- and she used wool to create pure magic.

Her wool animation was part of her career rebound in her 60s. We're exploring these wonderful films and what makes them so special:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/a-legends-...

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Katie @feminaridens.bsky.social · 25d

bob clampett toons just hit so different. his use of closeups in particular is so distinct. also are you kidding me with this shot from "what price porky" which just blew me away

a bob clampett shot from what price porky. a duck dressed as the Easter bunny in silhouette against a battlefield

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Vincent Alexander @nonsenseisland.bsky.social · 10d

I love this shot and this entire cartoon!