tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778777435910011284.post6996514660925754442..comments2024-01-15T11:23:55.427-08:00Comments on Screwball Comics: Milt Gross Teaches Us How to Learn - The Screwloose Way (1930)Paul C.Tumeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05398929835829679477noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778777435910011284.post-90996514439616487882012-07-23T17:56:40.976-07:002012-07-23T17:56:40.976-07:00Hey Carl, thanks for your insightful comment. Funn...Hey Carl, thanks for your insightful comment. Funny you should mention Tex Avery. The opening of this Milt Gross comic, where Count Screwloose has a mad golfer smack him out of Nuttycrest reminded me very much of the ending "golf" sequence in Avery's "The Cat That Hated People." While I'm no expert on Tex Avery, I haven't found much of his own words, outside of his cartoons. There's a short bonus on one of the Warner Bros. cartoon collections where an aged Tex very humbly (and briefly) recalls his work -- it's not very revealing. I've always appreciated John K.'s comments on Milt Gross. Thanks for the quote. It seems clear that Avery was influenced by Gross and others -- and his cartoons in turn had a profound influence on Jack Cole, Harvey Kurtzman and scores of others...Paul C.Tumeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05398929835829679477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7778777435910011284.post-40676980230854118402012-07-23T13:35:04.515-07:002012-07-23T13:35:04.515-07:00The travel sequence reminds me of Tex Avery's ...The travel sequence reminds me of Tex Avery's Droopy, where a character would zip across the globe in a few seconds' time. Love it! I wonder if Tex ever said or wrote anything about screwball comic strips. I know John Kricfalusi of Ren & Stimpy fame is a tremendous fan of Gross. In his own words: "I think Milt Gross is probably the most all around talented cartoonist in history."Carl Linichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12144756085960502977noreply@blogger.com