tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post878099945252996073..comments2024-03-17T19:22:37.877-04:00Comments on Mike Lynch Cartoons: "Not Just for Kids or for Laughs: The Serious Side of Cartoons"Mike Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589354018554341768noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-11550456101783382842008-10-01T17:31:00.000-04:002008-10-01T17:31:00.000-04:00Of course you're right, with good examples, and yo...Of course you're right, with good examples, and you suggest an interesting puzzler: what's the oldest (or dare I say the first) animated feature aimed primarily at adults? The first that leaps to my mind is "Fantasia," which, though it had some cute centaurs and hippos, was an ambitious and sincere (and flawed) stab at animation as mature art for grown-ups. It seems like animators in the '20s and '30s (in Europe or Japan if not the U.S.?) might've been doing some adult-oriented experimenting with cartoons, but I can't immediately put my finger on any. Because I am ignorant.Brian Fieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347700145666751363noreply@blogger.com