DLC – Doug Loves Cuphead

If I keep posting about Cuphead this way, I’ll have to give him his own category. The “Delicious Last Course” title seemed curious to me, so I asked an expert, “Why DLC?” The answer is it’s stating exactly what the long-delayed game addendum will be — Downloadable Content.

Until the Netflix series premieres, here is the closest thing available to a Cuphead cartoon that’s independent of the gameplay. It starts with the first thing every new animator must master, a walk cycle.

Follow-up: Netflix has a preview of the cartoon series. It looks… okay… but it completely lacks the quirky charm of the work done by the original team. I’ve been told the animation shows the influence of the CalArts School of Film/Video.

His Cuphead Runneth Over

Did you really think I meant it when I said there wouldn’t be another Cuphead post?

Cuphead is returning for an encore with his pal Mugman, and his new girlfriend, named Chalice. A Netflix series is also in the works.

Ms. Chalice

The “USS Timberg” in the video is a reference to Sammy Timberg, who composed music for many Fleischer cartoons.