Bathtub Gin

May, 2008

Most anima­tors find a style and stick with it. It typi­cally becomes their most in­spiring muse and biggest crutch. Iliis is emphatically not Ralph Bakshi's prob­lem. Althouirhhe has created several iconic looks (the influence of Fritz the Cat alone could fill a book), he is also a rabid, uncompromising innovator (not to mention troublemaker). From (he downtown-hipster stylings of Fritz to the sci-fi fantasy of Wizards to the collage work in America)! Pop, we can think of lew animators more des...