Eric Stefani's Animation History and Research

Tom Terrific and Manfred

Tom Terrific (1957). Some great line work. Thick and thin lines, thicker obviously on the larger dog. There is Sick Sick Sidney (1958) done in a similar style but looks like pencil. High Modern style done by Terry Toons.

This style is EXTREMELY MINIMALIST, emphasizing flat linear shapes, occasionally painted in single colors, with little ornamental decoration.

Taken from the book CARTOON MODERN Style and Design in the fifties Animation by Amid Amid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyI-BT5OOY4