Was out the other day and saw this amazing shirt with, not only the Looney Tunes characters, but some of the LT characters in their designs that look like something out of the classic shorts rather than the more streamlined look that's commonly seen in a good deal of the merchandise for many years.
The Bugs, Daffy and Tweety in this shirt definitely look like they came straight out of a Bob Clampett model sheet, and especially that Sylvester, while that Taz is faithfully drawn like how his creator, the unappreciated Robert McKimson, designed him. Merchandise like these only come once in a blue moon, folks.
Bugs Bunny Tex Avery model sheet of 1940's A Wild Hare
Daffy Duck Bob Clampett model sheet
Robert McKimson Taz model sheet
Screenshot of Sylvester from 1946's Kitty Korned by Bob Clampett
Bob Clampett Tweety model sheet
Now compared that to their more modern, simpler appearances:
For any fan of the original Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons or just animation in general, this is shirt that I would highly recommend. It feels like it was done by someone who truly understood what fans wanted and took the time to look around the Warner Bros. department or whatever to find the sheets of the original directors. It feels like for how famous the Looney Tunes are, that the directors from Chuck Jones to Friz Freleng, never get as much acknowledgement as the characters they helped created, and so I'm glad that, when seeing this shirt, I can see that someone probably must've either looked at the original cartoons or just dug out the original model sheets. Maybe I'm just being too obsessives over just a shirt with cartoon characters on it, but things have to be worth SOMETHING at the very least, is my general philosophy.
If anyone from WB is reading this, please note that THIS is what WE as fans want.
