Funky Turns 40 – Black Character Revolution – Jackson 5ive Animation Exhibition
Black Character Revolution
A Retrospective Of 1970′s Saturday Morning Animation Art Featuring Characters From The Jackson 5ive Cartoon
Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution Animation Exhibition – 60 Pieces
Black Character Revolution
A Retrospective Of 1970′s Saturday Morning Animation Art Featuring Black Characters
Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution Animation Exhibition – 40 Pieces
Black Character Revolution
A Retrospective Of 1970′s Saturday Morning Animation Art Featuring Black Characters
Funky Turns 40 – Black Character Revolution – Fat Albert and The Cosby Kids Animation Exhibition
Black Character Revolution
A Retrospective Of 1970′s Saturday Morning Animation Art Featuring Characters From The Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Cartoon
Funky Turns Forty: Black Character Revolution Exhibition Opening Night
Opening Night 70′s Party – January 27, 2012
I went back to ToonSeum for the opening night 70′s themed party over the weekend. The opening event was held in conjunction with the area gallery crawl in downtown Pittsburgh, so both the art and cartoon lovers came out.
Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution Animation Exhibition
Black Character Revolution
A Retrospective Of 1970′s Saturday Morning Animation Art Featuring Black Characters
Hong Kong Phooey Cartoon
Who is this super hero?
Sarge? No.
Rosemary, the telephone operator? No.
Penry, the mild-mannered janitor? Could Be!
Hong Kong Phooey, Number One Superguy
Hong Kong Phooey, quicker than the human eye
He’s got style…
He’s got style, a groovy style
And a car that just won’t stop.
When the going gets rough he’s super tough
With the Hong Kong Phooey Chop! Heeyaah!
Hong Kong Phooey, Number-one Super Guy
Hong Kong Phooey
Quicker than the human eye
Hong Kong Phooey, Fanriffic!
Black Animation Collection
Picking up where comic strips left off in the early 20th century, theatrical cartoon film shorts portrayed Blacks in a racially derogatory and stereotypical manner as cannibals, coons, mammies and Stepin Fetchit characters with exaggerated features and ignorant dialect. From 1900 to 1960, over 600 cartoon shorts featuring Black characters were produced by some of Hollywood’s greatest White animators and biggest film studios. Several famous Black jazz musicians such as Cab Calloway, Fats Waller and Louis Armstrong were also portrayed as stereotypical caricatures.
