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In Quest of Cockaboody

- John & Faith Hubley‘s short Cockaboody was a gem of a film culled from the vocal play of their two daughters, Georgia and Emily. I’d posted the storyboard for this back in July 2007 in three parts:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

The film was developed within the Hubleys’ animation class at Yale, and the school shot a short documentary on the making of the animated film as it progressed. This documentary was an absorbing look, not only at the film in progress, but at the process of animation as well as the methods of Hubleys as their work grew. In Quest of Cockaboody premiered Dec. 13, 1973, and here’s the invitation that was sent out for the film shown in conjunction with Cockaboody, itself.

Front (Click any image to enlarge.)

Back

I’ve only seen the documentary once. There must be a copy floating around, but I haven’t seen it in 35 years. Needless to say, it’d be interesting to see it again.

Cockaboody was animated, entirely, by Tissa David. Here are some of poses she used in prepping the film for herself.