Mr. Bug Goes to Town, Part 2 - Making of the Movie!

Max Fleischer (right) next to the stand that holds the cels, located in front of the 3D set.

​Part One of our three-part series on the making of Mr. Bug Goes to Town, looked at the creation of the Mr. Bug story-line. After months of developing and discarding a variety of concepts, the studio finally had a wholly original story-line. Set in the modern era, Mr. Bug Goes to Town  involved an entire colony of anthropo-morphic insects, a city full of humans, and the towering landscape of New York City. 

​In other words, the task of bringing Mr. Bug to the big screen had only just begun...

In Part Two,​​ we look at the actual making of Mr. Bug Goes to Town, and how the staffers of Fleischer Studios made use of innovative techniques and ground-breaking inventions (many of which they themselves had developed) to bring this beautiful film to life. 

Part two of this fascinating exhibit includes rare and wonderful home movie footage of the Mr. Bug animators at play, the story behind the Studio's hangnail insurance policy and so much more!