Innovative, violent and hilarious, cartoon fans will be treated to a special collection this November 4th as animation pioneer Paul Terry gets his first high definition silent film collection in Aesop's Fables - The 1920s, Volume 1.

Before Walt Disney found fame with a mouse in 1928, he stated he had hoped to one day make animated shorts as good as Terry's Fables. Now, Cartoon Logic, in association with Blackhawk Films, has restored 20 cartoons ranging from the birth of the series in 1921, to 1928's Dinner Time (the first theatrical cartoon with synchronized sound ever released).

Each short comes with an optional commentary track by animation historians Thad Komorowski and Charlie Judkins, with Charlie also lending his accomplished musical stylings with newly recorded original scores for each short.

Available on both Blu-ray and DVD. See below for more information about the release.

About Cartoon Logic:

Aesop's Fables - The 1920s, Volume 1 is new label Cartoon Logic's inaugural release, and they have chosen ClassicFlix as a distribution partner.

A unique label in today's home video landscape, Cartoon Logic's exclusive focus is on restoring classic animated shorts which have never been seen, or have only been available in muddy, hard-to-views prints. Several more releases are in the pipeline which will bring dozens of newly restored and long-neglected cartoons to animation fans the world over.

2,600 years ago, Aesop said…

Long before Paul Terry found success with Mighty Mouse, he spent the 1920s producing the Aesop's Fables series starring his original character Farmer Al Falfa and an endless cast of violent, funny animals. Loosely connected to those ancient tales and bookended with a "sugar-coated pill of wisdom," the cartoons were an all-encompassing umbrella of new dynamics and concepts.

In Aesop's Fables - The 1920s, Volume 1, Cartoon Logic has meticulously assembled and restored 20 Paul Terry cartoons giving the animation pioneer his first high definition silent film collection, and showcasing why Walt Disney once said he had hoped to one day make animated shorts as good as Aesop's Fables.

Sourced from the best surviving elements archived at Blackhawk Films, Volume 1 features cartoons ranging from the birth of the series in 1921, to 1928's Dinner Time (the first theatrical cartoon with synchronized sound ever released). Each short comes with an optional commentary track by animation historians Thad Komorowski and Charlie Judkins teaming up to tell the full story of Paul Terry and Farmer Al. Charlie also lends his accomplished musical stylings with newly recorded original scores for each short.

Bonus cartoons include an alternate Commonwealth cut of Dinner Time and two Charlie Chaplin shorts by Paul’s older brother John Terry.

Included are: Mice in Council, The Fable of the Ant and the Grasshopper, The Fable of the Fox and Crow, The Spendthrift, The Fable of a Raisin and a Cake of Yeast, The Pearl Divers, Do Women Pay?, Herman the Great Mouse, Wine, Women and Song, The Ugly Duckling, Hungry Hounds, Her Ben, Anti-Fat, When the Snow Flies, Hard Cider, Subway Sally, Small Town Sheriff, The Spider’s Lair, Jungle Days and Dinner Time.