Tom’s film collection
Film collector Tom Stathes is quickly becoming the expert and archivist of cinema’s silent cartoon history. Check out his website and …
Classic
1960 Cartoon predicts Skype and Roomba
Silly Science (released May 1960). Director Seymour Kneitel. Animation: I. Klein, Irving Dressler. Story: Carl Meyer, Jack Mercer. …
Richard Balzer’s Collection of Antique Animation Devices
East coast animator Brian Duffy has been cataloguing the collection of Richard Balzer, who owns a one-of-a-kind cache of antique …
Harvey Kurtzman and Sesame Street
Michael Sporn has posted an amazing article about Harvey Kurtzman’s animated work for Sesame Street. There’s a lot of rare artwork in the …
Tom & Jerry Prawn Crackers
Direct from District 9: Amid brought me a gift from his recent trip to Singapore – a package of these Tom & Jerry Prawn Crackers. …
Getty and Disney Team Up to Study Cels
The Getty Conservation Institute and Disney’s Animation Research Library (ARL) division are partnering to study why the plastic in …
Tex Avery 102
Friday will mark Tex Avery’s 102st birthday. To commemorate, the students of North Dallas High School, Avery’s alma mater, the place …
The Man Behind the First Tom & Jerry
A decade before Van Beuren’s Mutt & Jeff-like rubber-hose human pair, and many decades before Hanna-Barbera’s Oscar-winning cat and …
The Fabulous Firework Family (1959)
Over at Bob Shea and Lane Smith’s wonderful Curious Pages blog, they’ve posted the classic Jim Flora children’s book, The Fabulous …
Looney Tunes Censored 11 to screen in Hollywood
Warner Bros. and TCM are running a Classic Film Festival in Hollywood on April 22nd-25th, showcasing restored prints of more than a dozen …
Vanity Fair on Disney’s Ink-and-Paint Girls
Patricia Zohn writes about Disney’s ink-and-paint girls in this month’s Vanity Fair. She started researching the topic after speaking to …
The Little Cloud – a Filmstrip
I did a post about Cathedral Films back in 2007 when we found a connection between this religious film strip producer and Bill Hanna and …
Bill Plympton and Pat Smith Argue About Pink Elephants
Scribble Junkies, the new commentary blog by animators Bill Plympton and Pat Smith, is heating up. Yesterday, Bill posted about why he …
Cartoons of 1939 blog
Film historians have long declared the year 1939 the pinnacle of Hollywood movie making. But what about the cartoons? Cartoon buff …
Kung Fu Magoo emerges on DVD
It’s been over a year since we heard anything about Classic Media’s attempt to revive Mr. Magoo in something called Kung Fu Magoo. Our …
Chuck Jones Article by John Canemaker
This six-page article about Chuck Jones was written by John Canemaker in the late-1970s. I don’t remember how I got it or where the …
Fantasy City by Tatsuo Shimamura
I’m not going to pretend like I fully understand what’s going on in this short–alienation and dehumanization in modern society is …
Martha Sigall on Hanna-Barbera (Part 1)
Martha Sigall is back with another video. This time she talks about Hanna-Barbera:
Tuber’s Two Step by Chris Wedge
This is a 1985 student film directed by Chris Wedge, who, of course, went on to become the creative head of Blue Sky and direct Ice Age. …
It’s Mighty Mouse Day!
Going on sale today: the Ralph Bakshi Mighty Mouse The New Adventures complete series on DVD. Everyone reading this blog should own a …
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