Max has gotten a new real dog. Koko and Fitz are jealous, so they lock the pup in a valise. When Max discovers this, he takes his revenge by drawing leg irons on the unruly pair, paints a prison and sticks them in it, in this typically fine Out of the Inkwell cartoon.
Koko was one of the two best cartoon series of the 1920s -- the other was Felix the Cat -- and what made Koko so good was the wacky logic, that when Max drew a wall, there was something behind it: an entire world. That world was plastic and weird, but always made sense on its own terms and mostly in ours. At least they did, until they interacted beyond the safe confines of Max' studio.
Koko was one of the two best cartoon series of the 1920s -- the other was Felix the Cat -- and what made Koko so good was the wacky logic, that when Max drew a wall, there was something behind it: an entire world. That world was plastic and weird, but always made sense on its own terms and mostly in ours. At least they did, until they interacted beyond the safe confines of Max' studio.