In the 1990s, Disney produced a wonderful cartoon series called Gargoyles, which featured dark imagery and Shakespearean themes. It was also heavily influenced by medieval Scottish history (which makes sense, since the Gargoyles were from Scotland). If you missed it, despair not. Disney has released legitimate copies of the entire series on YouTube. Here’s the first episode:
This is a pretty neat little YouTube video of two guys and a WWII game. You’ll love the stop action animation.
It seems that back in the 1930s, the son of Edgar Rice Burroughs set out to create a cartoon series based on his father’s John Carter of Mars series of novels. Unfortunately, the series never got off the ground. Some initial work on the series survived, however, and you can see it in the YouTube video below:
For some incredible pulp inspiration, watch the Zeppelin v Pterodactyls short. It’s a montage of clips from old, unrelated movie serials.