One of the joys of growing up in the 1960s is that you were treated to cartoons from earlier eras, long before limited animation filled the Saturday morning airwaves. Among those gems were the work of Max and Dave Fleischer, including Popeye, Gulliver’s Travels and, of course, Superman. Since then, they have fallen into public…
BURBANK, CA (March 8, 2023) â Warner Bros. Discovery has meticulously remastered Max Fleischerâs treasured set of 17 animated Superman shorts from the original 35mm source elements. Max Fleischerâs Superman 1941-1943 will be available to purchase Digitally on HD and on Blu-ray May 16, 2023. Superman made his comic book debut in 1938, appearing in…
Sometimes Geek Culture âÃÂàand comics âÃÂàserve up social commentaries for the world at large. One end of the spectrum is firmly occupied by OâÃÂÃÂNeil & AdamsâÃÂàgroundbreaking Green Lantern/Green Arrow series from the 70s. The other end of the spectrum has so many more examples: Eightball, Doonesbury, Love and Rockets, etc. Each employ…
From 1941 through 1942, Max and Dave Fleischer rewrote the rules for animation and people have been trying to match those results ever since. When no one had previously tried adventure in animated form, the Fleischers took their lessons from [[[Popeye]]] and applied them to [[[Superman]]] with astounding results. The seventeen shorts, released by Paramount…
