SolomonMars

“The Clothes are Magic.” is a video essay where I travel through the animation history of talking cartoon animals to propose an answer to the question of why Goofy talks and Pluto doesn’t.

The answer is that the clothes are magic!

This is why Mickey Mouse has a pet dog named Pluto and a best friend named Goofy who is also a dog.

Goofy wears clothes and Pluto doesn't. From just a shirt to shoes and even those iconic white gloves. YES, this is totally the answer to why cartoon characters wear gloves. The Gloves are Magic. Cartoon animals wear clothes because it grants them sentience. It gives these furry little cartoon creatures self awareness, a consciousness that lets them walk, talk, and build a furry cartoon society.

With the Walt Disney company celebrating their 100 years of wonder and Warner Bros 100th anniversary happening too, I thought it was finally time to talk about this weird Idea that explores over a century of talking cartoon animals. From Mickey Mouse to Donald Duck, Bugs Bunny to Daffy Duck; Rubber hose style animation to Anthro Anime style. Everyone and everything in between.

Hopefully this gives anyone who's ever asked "why does Goofy talk?" or "Why can Goofy talk not Pluto?" an answer. In the end this isn't meant to be a cartoon theory that will ruin your childhood. And for all the others asking "What is Goofy? Is Goofy a human?" no. that's weird. just... no.

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Seeing the news that Flash Player is going to no longer be supported across the internet after 2020 made me feel... Weird. The internet I came up on, that I created in, that I made new friends all over, was a flash player internet. It made me think about all the comics that I created between 2009 and 2016. It made me think about all of you who showed me and my work so much live and support over the years.

I know a large chunk of y'all have grown up since those old days, you have jobs, kids, college, a busy life full of wonderful, weird and new things.

I know some of you might want to go down memory road some day, with series like Goblyn or Myth of Eustro and I've made sure you can go back and read the chapters if you want to, by restoring and backing up all the chapters on the old Smars Comics site. @https://goblyncomic.blogspot.com/

Unfortunately I can't do the same to the comics here on dA because you can only edit a file with the same file type. Which is weird. But that means that the flash based, interactive versions of the comics won't be readable anymore. Sad.

Time marches forward and technology is always right in tow. There are a lot of flash based creations out on the internet from the old days that need to be preserved. I unfortunately could only save my comics and even that was hard to do for some of the chapters that were lost when one of my harddrives crashed a few years back.

But ultimately I want to say thank you for all those great years and all the love and friendship and honestly let me know if you're still here, let me know if you want me to post more here. I want to but it seems like everybody from the old days has moved on to other parts of the internet and their lives.

Or come say hi to me on my YouTube channel @ https://youtu.be/N_H33t4v6bg

where I'm making an animated series featuring characters from Goblyn and Myth of Eustro and beyond.

Or stop by my instagram page @https://www.instagram.com/smarsapan/

Anyhoo. Thank you for reading. and thank you for all the wonderful memories -Smars

It's been a long time since I did one of these videos and I had thoughts rumbling around in my head all night. I realized that I ended the comics Goblyn and Myth of Eustro in very harsh ways and critical story points... I definitely regret it but going cold turkey might have been the best way to pull myself out of depression and my seeking to ignore the problem by making art.

So here I am in 2020 grey haired and a bit older, happier and with a finished episode of TRPL 5 under my belt.

seriously I have a lot of grey hair in my beard now... I don't know what happened. Adulting is hard. lol