By It`s Cover:

Cartoons in America are Rodney Dangerfield. No Respect. And why is that? Why must we, and by we I mean people other than myself and the cartoon fanatics I hang with, treat cartoons as just for kids? Second rate? Not worth respect? I know about the 50s and getting set in front of the TV as a baby setter surrogate while my parents had a life of there own without the kids getting in the way. But how did cartoons become so undervalued?

I have been scanning a lot of video cover art for my cartoon database and nothing shows destine like crappy cartoon cover art.



Bad Art (like what happened to Woody`s neck and Bugs, just shoot him because he is in pain and I don`t think the dentist is going to be able to save him)



Off Model (I like the drawing of the birds it has style but this is not Heckle or Jeckle, Popeye is like 3 heads tall and this is not Hunky or Spunky but at least it is on subject)



Off Color Model (the Bugs looks like Schlesinger era artwork but gray cheeks, what is that about? Not a color separation line in the artwork so just flood everything with gray.)

If the packager doesn`t give a damn then how are we going to have any respect for what is in the package?

Don`t care, it is just for kids. Why would we give our kids anything less than the best. I think the problem is that we have no respect for our children in this country. If we respected our kids than it wouldn`t matter if we treated cartoons as just for kids. But since we undervalue our children we undervalue what we make for children?

To be fair, there is some great cartoon cover art out there. Art made with love and respect. But there is no excuse for crappy cover art like the stuff above. Okay, it is not a war crime but with what it tells of about how we value our childern it is close.

Larry Loc (ASIFA Blog Guy)  ¶ 6:04 AM