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Top Cat Signed Model Original Cel Animation Posse Art

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:650.00 - 1,000.00 USD
Top Cat Signed Model Original Cel Animation Posse Art
This is a signed original production animation cel from the television series "Top Cat". Bob Singer's signature is located at the bottom of the cel in black sharpie. * Bob Singer is an American animation artist, character designer, layout and background artist and storyboard director of animated television programs, most memorably of several Hanna Barbara productions such as The Flintstones, Jonny Quest, Scooby-Doo, Yogi Bear, Droopy, Tom and Jerry, The Jetsons, The Smurfs, Superfriends, and the Harlem Globe Trotters cartoons. * Top Cat-called T.C. by close friends, "pro-vid-ing it's with dignity" as the lyrics of the theme song say-is the leader of a gang of New York City alley cats: Fancy-Fancy, Spook, Benny the Ball, The Brain, and Choo Choo. A frequent plot-line revolved around the local policeman, Officer Charles "Charlie" Dibble, and his ineffective attempts to evict the gang from the alley. The only reason that he wanted to be rid of them was that Top Cat and his gang were constantly attempting to earn a quick dollar-usually through an illegal scam. Dibble's appearance was modeled on Allen Jenkins, who did his voice. Dibble, previously only an implement for making holes for planting seeds, has acquired a second meaning in the vernacular as slang for police officers. * Here, Top Cat and his posse are onto their next mission, getting there must needed cat food... * Original Animated Cel Overall Size of the Cel: 10 1/2" x 12 1/2" Excellent Condition This is an original hand-painted cel set-up used in the production of "Top Cat". Each one-of-a-kind set-up represents a slight change in position of the characters. When individually photographed and projected in rapid succession, the images appear to move. * To create production cels, the original animator's drawing is transferred onto an acetate cel (by hand-inking and/or photo copying). The cel is then hand-painted on the reverse side. * The cel is ready to be matted and framed. *
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