Out of the Inkwell Films

An "Out of the Inkwell" short featuring Ko-Ko the Clown, this time as a fireman.

Koko the Clown discovers a machine that can make cartoons.

Max tricks Koko with a jumping bean. Koko finds a way to duplicate himself to get his revenge.

Max is too rushed to do a thorough job of drawing Koko this morning. Max is going fishing. However, to amuse the clown, he draws a fishing pole and a pond before he goes.

Max and Koko The Clown bet who can blow the biggest soap bubble.

Ko-Ko the Inkwell Clown and a baby get caught in a hurricane.

Koko likes to join Max and his friends for Thanksgiving dinner. He can, under the condition of screening his films.

Ko-Ko gathers eggs on a farm while Max works on an incubator.

Follow the bouncing ball sing-along

Koko The Clown continually interrupts an animator, who turns his attention to trapping the clown.

This fascinating series features Max himself, filmed in live action, sitting at a drawing board and concocting adventures for his star performer Ko-Ko the Clown. Max is supposedly the guy in charge, and he takes sadistic glee in putting Ko-Ko through various forms of hell, but the clown usually fights back and sometimes gets the best of his Uncle Max. FADEAWAY elevates this charged relationship to new heights (or depths?) of nightmarish surrealism; it's also one of the most enjoyable Inkwell cartoons I've seen to date, packing lots of imaginative, unpredictable twists and turns into an eight minute running time.

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.

In this Christmas season release, Max assembles a toy train track while Ko-Ko the Clown visits a cartoon toyland, playing cops and robbers and rescuing a doll in distress.

Koko the clown is sent to the nut house by Max.

Ko-Ko the Inkwell Clown spends a vacation at a rubbery amusement park.

Max helps the Inkwell Clown prepare for a family reunion.

Koko is trying to rescue his sweetheart, who is trapped atop a rugged mountain. However, when Max Fleischer runs out of ink, how will he draw the ladder for Koko to climb?

An "Out of the Inkwell" cartoon featuring Ko-Ko the Clown.

First, Max, in his pyjamas, gets back up and draws an isolated mountain area and puts Koko on top of a steep mountain. "That will keep you busy for the night," says the real-life somewhat nasty cartoonist to his subject. The cartoon really gets wild from that point with guest appearances from Mutt and Jeff, and other "stars" of the day as Koko experiences one adventure after another from the "Cave Of The Winds" to Goliath chasing him all over.

The Inkwell Clown goes for a balloon ride. Later, Max's studio is filled with so many balloons that it floats away.