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NAMOR The Sub-Mariner cartoon_Ep11_sc73

Artist: Mel Keefer (All)

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Title:	NAMOR The Sub-Mariner cartoon_Ep11_sc73
Artist:	Mel Keefer (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Animation
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	434
Likes on CAF:	0 1
Comments:	2
Added to Site:	7/29/2022
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My OA Collecting has always been skewed towards the intersection between Comic Art & Animation. Despite the limited-animation featured in these original Marvel Super Heroes cartoons,-- the characters and BGs all feature the kind of authentic chiaroscuro that replicated what I saw, in the comic-books I read and collected!
The cartoons were produced in 1966 by the Grantray-Lawrence Animation studios. The artwork was all done in Hollywood. It was one of the earliest cartoon series to make use of the new "Xerography" process.. The black & white art was transferred onto Cels and painted. Disney made use of the same process for it's animated feature: "One Hundred and One Dalmatians", a few years earlier, in 1961..
However, all of the voice acting was recorded in Toronto, Canada.. Using many of the same actors that began their careers in Radio/TV Broadcasting for the CBC. Famous Canadian actor John Vernon voiced "Prince Namor".. In 1966, Vernon was also appearing in his own popular CBC TV series: "Wojeck"; playing a coroner/detective, solving crimes and seeking justice!
These inked Animation Layouts were all done by Mel Keefer.. A great inker who got his start working in the comic-book field, before becoming a Layout artist at Grantray-Lawrence. Many of the originals have interesting Camera Notes on them. And on some, appendages and/or secondary characters are missing.. because they were animated separately, on another Cel level..

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Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 7/30/2022

Fantastic! The design of the creature can be used today and we would not think it was from another era of animation.

Rich Dannys
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 7/30/2022

Marcus Wai wrote:

Fantastic! The design of the creature can be used today and we would not think it was from another era of animation.

I agree.. The best designs, always have a timeless quality to them!

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