The Auteur's Selection Complementing the Tone of Out of the Inkwell...

Dir: Dave Fleischer

An illustration of the basic principles of Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity.

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.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Chinaman 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

After waking a snoring Max, the Inkwell Clown battles the artist's avatar in a boxing match.

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

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.

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.

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

Dir: Dave Fleischer

Max helps the Inkwell Clown prepare for a family reunion.

Dir: Dave Fleischer

The Clown causes trouble for the Cartoonist, and a sculptor using the studio, when he escapes from his backdrop and hides in the wet clay of a bust.

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

Dir: Dave Fleischer

The Inkwell Clown battles a boxing kangaroo.

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.