
Knighty-Knight Bugs
Knighty-Knight Bugs by Friz Freleng Yosemite tries to keep his fire-breathing dragon from sneezing while both are huddled inside a castle’s explosives-filled powder room... Looney Tunes Art Collection Hand-painted Cel Edition Size: 100 Image Size: 15” x 21" Certificate of Authenticity Key Notes The characters for this cel were drawn by Juan Ortiz and the giclée background was painted by Hector Martinez. Poised as a before and after sequence, these two images come from Knighty-Knight Bugs, the 1958 Academy Award-winning cartoon directed by Friz Freleng.This piece shows the progression of a gag, where in the first scene, Yosemite tries to keep his fire-breathing dragon from sneezing while both are huddled inside a castle’s explosives-filled powder room. By the second scene, we see that Yosemite has failed as both he and the dragon, while still inside the same powder room, nonetheless sail upward like a rocket.Friz Freleng is the most honored of the Warner Bros. Directors, having earne