Four Color Comics

A couple of cartoon-related links have been hanging around my inbox. First there’s the wonderful Golden Age Cartoons site, which is devoted to the classic cartoons and characters from the Golden Age of Hollywood. This site has information on more than just Looney Tunes characters. It’s a great resource.

Let’s face it, though: the Looney Tunes gang produced the best cartoons. And sometimes they included jokes that weren’t meant for the average viewer. The Looney Tunes hidden gags site reveals many of these secrets.

After you watch enough Warner Bros. theatrical cartoons it becomes obvious that the directors and animators liked to slip in little hidden gags during the cartoons. The meanings of the gags often would only be understood by a small number of people, or in some cases, the gag was either executed very quickly or was lost in the background. On this website I have captured some of those hidden jokes and gags. Many have images to accompany the description - which comes in handy since they often happen so quickly!

Warner Brothers has been releasing annual DVD sets of classic Looney Tunes shorts. There are are three collections to date: Looney Tunes - Golden Collection, Looney Tunes - Golden Collection (vol. 2), and Looney Tunes - Golden Collection (vol. 3). Each is fantastic, filled with great entertainment. I recommend them highly.