Ain’t it Cool News featured a brief piece on this long-lost animation test, featuring work by pioneer Bob Clampett from 1936, as he was trying to adapt Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter of Mars stories as a series of animated shorts. I was just completely blown away by the quality of the character animation, evident even in just the pencil tests:

It’s boggling to think that he did this without rotoscoping, but that’s definitely the impression that his commentary gives. Anyway, enjoy!

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