stick art and the first animated cartoon!

[nogall]

Hi all,

I just found this out and thought you'd like to see it. This is supposedly one of the first (or first!) animated cartoon ever, released in 1908. It's quite beautiful, and drawn entirely in a very creative and surreal stick art form.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEAObel8yIE

There's even a swashbuckling stick man - Elan's kindred spirit, maybe?

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-jGn_TwaL-c/hqdefault.jpg


It's great to know that OOTS comes from such a creative heritage, and that Rich is helping it to break new artistic grounds!

[Nimrod's Son]

It's great to know that OOTS comes from such a creative heritage, and that Rich is helping it to break new artistic grounds!
I believe that stick-figures are also found in prehistoric cave-paintings, which some scholars argue appeared before the twentieth century :smallwink:.

[littlebum2002]

I believe that stick-figures are also found in prehistoric cave-paintings, which some scholars argue appeared before the twentieth century :smallwink:.

Meh, "low" art (http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2013/07/23)