Terry LaBan, from Matt Feazell's "5 o'clock SHADOW"
Documentary about Bill Melendez
"If I had to list my top three influences as a filmmaker, I'd have to say they are Francois Truffaut, Orson Welles and Bill Melendez."
— Wes Anderson
Superman model sheet by Fleischer Studios
Fleischer Studios
Paul says: "The rigors of producing an animated cartoon by hand in the pre-computer days made it necessary to design simple cartoon figures. Because every detail would have to be accurately reproduced thousands of times, every mark - every eyebrow and wrinkle line was carefully thought out. Within these limits, (perhaps because of them) cartoonist-animators of the 1930s and 40s produced some iconic and enchanting images." Thanks Paul!
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