ANIMATOR BREAKDOWN: "The Vanishing Private" (1942) (Patreon)

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Previously offered at the $10+ level, here is an “animator breakdown” video on The Vanishing Private, one of the few in a series of Army-based shorts with Donald Duck and Pete.

Some scenes in the film are given a dual credit to Ed Love and Art Scott. In an interview given by the late John Culhane in 1978, Scott said he moved from assistant animation and finished Love’s scenes after he left to work for MGM (around November 1941) as an animator for Tex Avery.

Dave Gerstein’s research has revealed Carl Barks as the principal story man for almost the entire film, which included his gift for rich dialogue. When Donald seems to do a successful job varnishing a military cannon with invisible paint, he exclaims while inside the muzzle: “I know what it means to be livin’ good!”

On an unrelated subject, it’s nice to see a decent response to the vintage comic book stories shared on this page. I’m going to try and dig up some spooky stories for the month of October…