HOLLYWOOD BOWL (Universal, 1938)

These great backgrounds of the orchestra sections are my first ever from Universal Studios and Walter Lantz. Digital source material is from the Woody Woodpecker DVD set - very highly recommended! These black and white B/Gs are very elegant. Have a good look!

SH-H-H-H-H-H! (Universal, 1955)

Wonderfully cartoon-ey!

Knock! Knock! (Universal/Lantz, 1940)

On a whim, I pulled out a collection of Woody Woodpecker cartoons recently. Having grown up on the sparse 1960s TV cartoons, I was reminded that when Walter Lantz was on top of his game, he was really, really good. This background art from 1940 is as good as Disney's short cartoons, and that's high praise indeed! A couple of wonderful pan B/Gs I would have loved to include, but there was just no