Out of the Inkwell

The rotoscope projected motion picture film through an opening in the easel, covered by a glass pane serving as a drawing surface.

The Inkwell Imps series was replaced by the "Talkartoons" in 1929, and Koko was retired until 1931, appearing as a supporting character with Bimbo and Betty Boop.

Koko's last theatrical appearance was in the Betty Boop cartoon Ha-Ha-Ha (1934), a remake of the silent Out of the Inkwell film The Cure (1924).

In 1958, Max Fleischer revived his studio in a partnership with Hal Seeger, and in 1960 produced a series of one hundred Out Of The Inkwell five-minute cartoons.

[5] In 2024, the short Ko-Ko's Earth Control was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Rotoscoped sequence of Koko the Clown from the 1919 film The Tantalizing Fly : length 45 seconds, 410 kbit/s overall.
Link to full size 480×320 pixels.
Link to complete film.
Still from an Inkwell Imps cartoon featuring Koko the Clown and Fitz the Dog.
The National Film Registry-Preserver short featuring Koko the Clown and Fitz the Dog.
Advertisement to theater owners in The Film Daily , 1926.
The Mechanical Doll (1922)