Invisible Ink
About Invisible Ink
Max Fleischer tries to finish a drawing. Koko the Clown, hiding in the inkwell, keeps stealing the pen nibs. Max pulls him out and orders him back into the bottle. Max then draws with invisible ink to trap him, and Koko turns the trick around.
Cast & crew
More about Invisible Ink
Dave Fleischer directed and Max Fleischer produced this Out of the Inkwell short, released on 3 December 1921. Wikidata's company name Fleischer Studios is the later firm. IMDb lists 7 minutes and Wikidata lists 12.
Themes
Technique
The clown is a drawn figure rotoscoped into the live-action desk, the regular Out of the Inkwell method.
Notes
- Koko was modeled on Dave Fleischer, who had worked as a clown at Coney Island.
- The series mixes a live-action drawing desk with a cartoon clown who leaves the page.
- Wikipedia's series list places Invisible Ink between Fishing, released 21 November 1921, and The Fish, released 7 January 1922.
Scenes
- Koko pops out of the bottle and pockets another nib.
- Max's invisible lines fail to hold him.
