Category Archives: Classic
Classic
The career of director George Dunning will always be summed up with two words: Yellow Submarine.
Classic
The human desire to animate drawings may stretch further back (much further back) than a couple hundred years.
Cartoon Modern
Animation can provide a fascinating window into the past. In the 1950s and 60s, cars became a daily part of life and animation …
Cartoon Culture
There’s some ugly stuff to be found in the dusty bins of animation history. Case in point: this wildy inappropriate ad …
Animators
Bruno Bozzetto – who has produced a remarkably solid body of work, ripe for rediscovery.
Classic
Leonard Maltin shared with me this recent find: an Artie Shaw record album with cover art by George Pal!
CGI
The Museum of Modern Art is presenting a retrospective of work by legendary computer animator Lillian Schwartz at 7pm.
Classic
Someone on ebay is selling brand new cylinder records – for those who still have working Edison Amberola phonograph machines…
Classic
Yesterday, Warner Bros. quietly post most of the Fleischer
Superman cartoons to their You Tube channel. Normally this …
Superman cartoons to their You Tube channel. Normally this …
Classic
I don’t believe I’d ever seen the Oscar-nominated Further
Adventures of Uncle Sam (1970) until today. It’s a fascinating …
Adventures of Uncle Sam (1970) until today. It’s a fascinating …
Classic
This Friday, November 9th, New Yorkers can see the East Coast
premiere of Kevin Schreck’s new documentary Persistence of …
premiere of Kevin Schreck’s new documentary Persistence of …
Animators
I think all twelve programs compromising the latest Platform
International Animation Festival are terrific – not a bad show …
International Animation Festival are terrific – not a bad show …
Classic
Here’s a fun gallery of actual film frames from the collection
of Tom Stathes – the collector extraordinaire who provided the …
of Tom Stathes – the collector extraordinaire who provided the …
Classic
As previously noted, this Sunday night yours-truly, Jerry Beck,
spends the whole evening co-hosting an entire block of …
spends the whole evening co-hosting an entire block of …