Chad and Jared first came up with the idea for Cuphead because of their love of classic run and gun games like Contra and Gunstar Heroes, and
old cartoons such as Popeye and Steamboat Willie.
Not exact matches
Sadly, most baby boomers will consider themselves too mature to ever sit for a
cartoon, much less one featuring a bunch of superheroes, while younger viewers who readily eat up
such features will not quite be in tune with the many
old - school styles in the art or political implications of the back story.
In a mash - up of
old and new references, Feinstein melds elements of period styles (particularly the Baroque and Rococo), Christain iconography, or engrained fairy tales
such as those of Hans Christian Anderson with contemporary phenomena like Disney
cartoons.
Complex and playful installations of paintings, sculptures and videos feature a cornucopia of imagery, brought together from
such diverse sources as
Old Master paintings, slapstick
cartoons, anthropomorphized animals, and pop iconography from the 1960s and 70s.