The Auteur's Selection Complementing the Tone of Out of the Inkwell: Cult Guide

Dir: Dave Fleischer

Max tries to scare a fortune teller while she gives Ko-Ko a card reading. Ko-Ko is haunted by evil spirits in the cartoon world and escapes to cause some mischief in Max's house, but faces the fortune teller's curse.

Dir: Dave Fleischer

Max helps the Inkwell Clown prepare for a family reunion.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Reunion perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Dave Fleischer

Koko the Clown plants a jumping bean that becomes a beanstalk. Later, he creates duplicates of himself and attacks his creator.

Dir: Dave Fleischer

While Max is off fishing with a buddy, the Inkwell Clown is pulled into his cartoon fishing hole and encounters all manner of sea creatures. Then the clown decides to cause a little real-world havoc for Max on his fishing island.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Jumping Beans perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Dave Fleischer

Max tries to work on a jigsaw puzzle, but the Inkwell Clown is up to his usual mischief. Max follows the clown into the cartoon world and finds himself trapped in a tunnel and searching for an escape.

Dir: Dave Fleischer

Max goes to bed, leaving Ko-Ko at the peak of a steep mountain. Ko-Ko doesn't stay perched for long, and soon finds himself battling strong winds and upsetting a giant, before entering the real world to exact his revenge on a sleeping Max.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Fishing perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Dave Fleischer

Max and the Inkwell Clown compete to see who can blow the largest bubble.

Dir: Dave Fleischer

The Inkwell Clown helps Max roll a cigarette, and then becomes a firefighter to put out a lit match. As a firefighter, the clown battles with his own equipment (and accidentally facilitates a prison break) in the line of duty.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Puzzle perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Dave Fleischer

A hand drawn clown begins interrupting an animator's attempt to draw which in turn leads to the animator spending all his efforts on trying to trap the clown.

Dir: Dave Fleischer

Max sits for a portrait by an artist looking for a job, while the Inkwell Clown fights with the artist's drawing of a stereotyped Chinese character.