Invisible Ink | 1921 | Out of the Inkwell | 16mm | 2K | Koko the Clown Max Fleischer Studios Cartoon

[@jasonschubert6828]

In these days of digital everything it is difficult to imagine just how much work must have gone in to making something like this! I am glad we still get to see it.

[@joecab1]

Max had a good workout in this one!

[@garryferrington811]

The joy of making cartoons is evident.

[@LastTree]

I remember these on TV in the 60s.

[@julietfischer5056]

That was a newer version, with sound and color. I saw it on a UHF station, I think.

[@GeminiSearcher]

Koko the Clown was really like a very impressive person that barely anybody knows about apart from one famous action/work (that being the Cab Calloway cartoon "St. James Infirmary"). He was the first truly mainstream character to have rotoscope, which would change animation as we know it. It's a shame that not many people really know about these cartoons nowadays, because these shorts are genuinely hilarious and really pushed the boundaries for early animation.

[@asmallalmond]

Omg is animator vs animation in 1921

[@Alfa011]

Magnificent

[@PogieJoe]

Absolutely loved this one. You have me hooked on this series

[@MorningDusk7734]

It would be really fun to have a Koko swimming in an invisible ink bottle t-shirt!

[@jillcnc]

I had no idea rotoscoping was that old!

[@donaldfuck]

Fleischer invented it

[@garryferrington811]

Yep. Patented it, too. Then he invented the rotograph to combine cel animation with live action. You can see it in action in some later Inkwells. Max was a genius.

[@julietfischer5056]

This confirms my suspicion the others had dialogue cards.

[@zenfrodo]

Wow. So this is where that Looney Tunes one of Daffy vs the animator got its idea from!

[@waltertoscano159]

Great!

[@thinkbolt]

Wow!