Suitable for Framing

Here’s a poster for a Roger Rabbit movie that you won’t be seeing.

The reason: “Herman’s Shermans,” starring Roger and Baby Herman, never really got made. It’s a fictional credit for the comedy duo.

Confused? Follow: In “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” about a half-dozen posters for cartoons “starring” Roger and other Toons are displayed on the wall of studio boss Mr. Maroon’s office. None of these animated flicks were ever made, of course--the posters were intended only as set dressings.

But they caught the eye of poster licensee Jeff Kilian of Wichita, Kan. He’s since licensed the rights, and he’ll make the posters available by direct mail and in shops across the country. Along with “Herman’s Shermans,” which has Roger disguised as Der Fuehrer, there’s “The Little Injun That Could,” “Baby Buggy Blunder,” “The Wet Nurse,” “Babes in Arms” and a non-Roger vehicle, “Pistol-Packin’ Possum.”

One poster could wind up as a real cartoon--producers of the continuing Roger Rabbit cartoon shorts are reportedly considering making “Injun.”