In 1941, Max and Dave Fleischer, the animators who had previously brought
Popeye and
Betty Boop to the silver screen, presented
Superman's first movie appearance in full-color cartoon shorts.
Meticulously-following
co-creator Joe Shuster's character designs, the cartoons also
contributed several elements to the Superman mythos including; changing
clothes in a phone booth, Superman actually flying (Up to this point, he
had leaped from point to point) and the catch phrase "Faster than a
speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall
buildings in a single bound!"
Voices were provided by the dramatic radio
Superman / Clark Kent (Bud Collier) and
Lois Lane (Joan Alexander) who would also reprise the roles in the first tv Superman cartoons in 1966!
Trivia: Though nominated for several Oscars, the
Superman shorts lost each time!
We're
proud to present one of the koolest of the original 1940s advertising
posters for the cartoon series, digitally-restored and remastered, both
as a
limited-edition print and as a
collectible t-shirt!
The bold graphic, though deceptively-simple, leaps off the page at you with it's power!
It's also the only Fleischer Superman poster we've seen that commissioned
new art, rather than use existing comic book or animation art!
And best of all, it's in Swedish!
Perfect as a gift for an animation aficionado
or Superman fan (or someone who's both)!
