Hello, Can you indicate a book or a paper about this type of rubberhose animation. I'm working on a paper and I'm interested particularly on tecnical and style issues. Great job, thanks.
“Out of the Inkwell” by Richard Fleischer is a good shout for seeing how early animators came into their roles, often through editorial cartoons and interests in the mechanics of motion, and how to translate that to drawn entertainment.
If you want to get really technical, every animation students old testament “the animator’s survival kit” contains a lot of very specialised information, some relating to the specific technical style of rubber hose, and how it evolved.
I also recommend watching some of the real game changers in this era, early stars like Felix the cat and Koko the Clown , and shorts such as “ha ha ha!” (1934) or Swing you sinners (1930) any of the Cab Calloway collaborations from Fleischer are an excellent example of an early use of rotoscope, alongside rubberhose animation. From this you can really get a feel of how the technicalities of rubber hose compare to real life movements, as well as to later animation techniques!
