JOHN BULL'S ANIMATED SKETCHBOOK NO 15 [Main]

The film consists solely of a series of animated jokes, drawn and lettered directly onto the screen by "our famous artist". The artist's hand is shown (speeded up) as a scene is drawn with a brush, and then inhabited by animated cut-outs, moved frame-by-frame. The illustrations are in a comic style similar to Bruce Bairnsfather. The artist interjects comments on his own performance, eg "I receive …