 In this way it resembles (and foreshadows) "Duck Amuck" (1953) and "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988).Terry Lindvall and Matthew Melton have included this film in an analysis of reflexive cartoons, those whose narrative reveals something about the art of animation and filmmaking.The writers find that Jack King's "A Cartoonist's Nightmare" clearly draws a portrait of what animators feel about their craft.