Fritz the Cat – The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
Blu ray
Kino Lorber
1972, 74/ 1.85:1/ 80, 76 Minutes
Starring Skip Hinnant
Directed by Ralph Bakshi, Robert Taylor
The typical toddler tends to relate more to the cuddly animals in a Disney cartoon than their own flesh and blood playmates. Robert Crumb and his brother Charles were anything but typical toddlers yet the boys were preoccupied with what was known as “funny animal comics”—everything from Bugs Bunny to Pogo. Their fascination took on an obsessive twist; for Robert the material was inspiration for his remarkable future as an artist, for Charles it was a trip down a long, dark rabbit hole. Those who weathered Terry Zwigoff’s harrowing Crumb learned a lot about the bleak side of childhood fantasy but they also learned about Robert’s compulsive work ethic and his focus on a house cat named Fred—a “typical big old...
Blu ray
Kino Lorber
1972, 74/ 1.85:1/ 80, 76 Minutes
Starring Skip Hinnant
Directed by Ralph Bakshi, Robert Taylor
The typical toddler tends to relate more to the cuddly animals in a Disney cartoon than their own flesh and blood playmates. Robert Crumb and his brother Charles were anything but typical toddlers yet the boys were preoccupied with what was known as “funny animal comics”—everything from Bugs Bunny to Pogo. Their fascination took on an obsessive twist; for Robert the material was inspiration for his remarkable future as an artist, for Charles it was a trip down a long, dark rabbit hole. Those who weathered Terry Zwigoff’s harrowing Crumb learned a lot about the bleak side of childhood fantasy but they also learned about Robert’s compulsive work ethic and his focus on a house cat named Fred—a “typical big old...
- 11/2/2021
- by Charlie Largent
- Trailers from Hell
Just prior to Comic-Con International, Nbm’s David Seidman sent out a note suggesting to reviewers that their just-released Happy Hooligan comic strip collection had been overlooked. Gadzooks, I thought, he’s right and had them rush a copy over to be read. Having just finished the 112-page volume, I can say this early example of popular comic strip humor was undeservedly overlooked.
The better remembered characters from the comic strips have crowded the book shelves of late, from Idw’s exploding line to Fantagraphics beautiful year-by-year collections. Think of a character you grew up reading and odds are, there is a collection out there or one already announced.
But, the real pioneering strips such as Hooligan have been left behind. Under their Forever Nuts banner, Nbm and Editor Jeffrey Lindenblatt seek to fix that, first with Mutt & Jeff and now Happy Hooligan. When a strip endures for 32 years, especially from that first era,...
The better remembered characters from the comic strips have crowded the book shelves of late, from Idw’s exploding line to Fantagraphics beautiful year-by-year collections. Think of a character you grew up reading and odds are, there is a collection out there or one already announced.
But, the real pioneering strips such as Hooligan have been left behind. Under their Forever Nuts banner, Nbm and Editor Jeffrey Lindenblatt seek to fix that, first with Mutt & Jeff and now Happy Hooligan. When a strip endures for 32 years, especially from that first era,...
- 8/10/2009
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
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