The Animated Cartoons
of Terry-Toon Studios

Frances Kish of Photoplay Magazine spent some time with the animators at Terry-Toon studios and filed this one page report detailing all the efforts that go into producing just one Terry-Toon film:

“The major animator begins the work. The thin white paper he uses for his drawings has holes punched at the top, like pages for a loose-leaf notebook…The figures are about three inches high. Progressive drawings, each on a separate sheet, move the action slightly forward, backward, up, down and around… I found them so jolly and fascinating that I wanted to stay and join the gang. But I changes my mind when I learned that it takes about two years to develop a good animator…”

Click here to read about the Krazy Kat comic strip…

Click here to read another article about Paul Terry and Terry-Toons.