Max and Dave Fliescher are eating hot dogs in their animation studio and begin drawing. The hot dog becomes a "real" dog, and it and Ko-Ko the Clown alarmingly end up inside a Gas Chamber.
Ko-Ko the Clown and his dog Fitz walk into a building where levers that control various aspects of the Earth are located. After Fitz presses a particular lever, the world goes topsy-turvy and out-of-control. Note that this cartoon contains strobe flashing.
“Out of the Inkwell” cartoon by Fleischer Studios.
A friend of KoKo's animator draws a haunted house, and KoKo and his dog Fitz go inside. There, they encounter frightening hallways where every door leads to a new spook.
When a beautiful princess escapes from the ink bottle, only to be captured by a villainous knave, Max draws a stove which he has Ko-Ko use as armor, inflates Fitz into a destrier and sends them off in a deed of daring-do.
Max draws a tattoo of a cat on his coworker, and Fitz chases the cat around when the tattoo comes to life.
Koko the clown encounters supernatural beings.
Koko the Clown seeks the Fountain of Youth.
Thanks to Magic Ink, a live-action girl joins Koko in a haunted house.
Ko-Ko the Clown thinks being a hero is easy, but his animator tries to prove him otherwise
Koko the clown and his dog attempt a round-the-world flight.
Drawn with steaming ink, Koko and Fitz try to cool off.
Ko-Ko and Fitz emerge from an inkwell into the sultan's harem.
In 'Ko-Ko's Queen,' Ko-Ko the Clown brings his cartoon drawings to life, leading to unexpected surprises and transformations. When an ugly woman wants a makeover, Ko-Ko uses his artistic skills to give her a beautiful new appearance. This surreal and humorous film explores themes of transformation and the power of art.
Max is moving out of his studio, so Ko-Ko the Inkwell Clown packs up everything in sight (even using a super-charged vacuum cleaner that sucks up the furniture and the moving men).
Ko-Ko and Fitz try to make a humorless Indian laugh.
Koko the clown is sent to the nut house by Max.
This fascinating series features Max himself, filmed in live action, sitting at a drawing board and concocting adventures for his star performer Ko-Ko the Clown. Max is supposedly the guy in charge, and he takes sadistic glee in putting Ko-Ko through various forms of hell, but the clown usually fights back and sometimes gets the best of his Uncle Max. FADEAWAY elevates this charged relationship to new heights (or depths?) of nightmarish surrealism; it's also one of the most enjoyable Inkwell cartoons I've seen to date, packing lots of imaginative, unpredictable twists and turns into an eight minute running time.
Max draws a big cigar and Ko-Ko and Fitz want to smoke it. Max's coworker smokes up a storm in the office until the fire marshal arrives.