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Category Archives: Cartoon Modern

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Cartoon Modern

Disney Is Producing
New Mickey Mouse …

Disney unveiled a new Mickey Mouse short today called Croissant de
Triomphe, that can be viewed HERE. It is one of 19 new shorts that …

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Cartoon Modern

The Spanish Cartoon Modern of Estudios Moro
by Amid Amidi   Friday March 1, 2013   1:40 am
Estudios Moro was a Madrid, Spain animation studio started in
1955 by brothers Santiago and Jose Luis Moro. Their approach, …
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Advertising

Rare Disney Car Commercials Designed by Tom Oreb
by Amid Amidi   Tuesday February 12, 2013   12:10 am
For a short period of time during the mid-1950s, the Disney
company allowed corporations to use its characters to sell …
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Cartoon Modern

Cartoon Modern Inspiration
by Amid Amidi   Thursday January 31, 2013   8:54 am
Courtesy of animation director Michael Sporn, here are some gems of “cartoon modern” design from the collection of animator …
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autotoons

Cartoon Modern

Modern Car-Toons: A Look At Autos In Mid-Century Animation
by Amid Amidi   Tuesday January 1, 2013   10:50 am
Animation can provide a fascinating window into the past. In the 1950s and 60s, cars became a daily part of life and animation …
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Cartoon Modern

A Cartoon Modern Primer
by Amid Amidi   Thursday November 15, 2012   10:03 pm
I pity the fool who doesn’t watch this primer about the “cartoon
modern” era. The cheeky but informative piece was created for …
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Advertising

UPA Commercials Discovered
by Amid Amidi   Thursday July 26, 2012   9:16 pm
In the six years since the publication of my book Cartoon
Modern: Style and Design in 1950s Animation, a lot of new …
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Cartoon Modern

“Marooned On Watango Island” By Lluis Fuzzhound
by Amid Amidi   Wednesday May 23, 2012   4:32 pm
Self-taught Australian animator Lluis Fuzzhound’s Marooned On
Watango Island is a loving tribute to the Cartoon Modern style, …
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Cartoon Modern

Eye Candy From The UPA “Jolly Frolics” DVDs
by Amid Amidi   Friday April 6, 2012   4:23 am
I watched all the UPA theatrical shorts back when I was writing
Cartoon Modern, but seeing them restored on TCM’s new 3-DVD …
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engelbook12

Animators

Exploring the Bookshelf of an Animation Legend
by Amid Amidi   Friday February 24, 2012   2:17 am
What kind of books might an animation artist have kept on their
bookshelf sixty years ago? They certainly wouldn’t have owned …
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teeandvisitors-b

Animators

Tee Hee Meets the Eames
by Amid Amidi   Saturday February 18, 2012   2:26 pm
I was digging around for some UPA photos the other day when I
stumbled onto this photo that I’d labeled “Tee Hee and …
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Cartoon Modern

TV Cartoon Explains Politics to Kids
by Amid Amidi   Friday January 13, 2012   12:56 pm
This 1961 episode of Tales of the Wizard of Oz harkens back to a
time when animation writers didn’t speak down to kids. …
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Books

2012 Animation Book Preview
by Amid Amidi   Friday December 30, 2011   6:45 pm
The future of animation books, like the rest of the publishing
industry, isn’t rosy. Page counts and print runs are …
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Cartoon Modern

The Fabulous Firework Family (1959)
by Jerry Beck   Friday February 12, 2010   1:30 pm
Over at Bob Shea and Lane Smith’s wonderful Curious Pages blog,
they’ve posted the classic Jim Flora children’s book, The …
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Cartoon Modern

1955 UPA article
by Jerry Beck   Sunday August 9, 2009   12:05 am
Sam Henderson has uploaded a rare, heavily illustrated article
about UPA on his Magic Whistle blog. The article, by Catherine …
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