Netflix’s new animated series The Cuphead Show! (based on the hit video game Cuphead) boasts a visual style that draws on the classic rubber hose cartoons from the 1930s. Rubber hose animation is a ...
In the early days of hand drawn cartoons, specifically in the US, the dominant style was what we call “rubber hose” animation. Moving into motion from strip cartoons, artists didn’t just have to ...
Works released in 1930 hit the U.S. public domain on January 1, including early animation icons, forgotten favorites, and the art form's formative experiments.