Droopy Tarots
1997
Tex Avery
France
Art Medium:
Graphics originally created for animated cartoon.
Description:
Droopy is an animated cartoon character created by Tex Avery, as an anthropomorphic dog with a droopy face. A series of short cartoons were produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the 1940s. This Jeu du Tarot was created in 1997 licensed by Turner Entertainment, with the usual 78 cards. There are 21 trump cards (atouts), one Fool (l'excuse), and 4 suits (spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs), divided into 10 numbers from 1 to 10, and then the face cards of Jack (Valet), Knight (Cavalier), Queen (Dame) and King (Roi).