Books

Chronicle Blogging

Development piece by John Hubley from UPA’s Rooty Toot (1952). From the collection of Mike Glad. The folks at …

Classic

Viacom sells Famous Music

Well, there goes Popeye the Sailor Man, It’s A Hap-Hap Happy Day and Casper The Friendly Ghost. Not the characters (they were sold off …

Classic

Pingwings Rediscovered

Tony Mines of Spite Your Face Productions sent me a note about an early-1960s British animated series, The Pingwings, which had been …

Internet/Blogs

The Great UPA Debate

It all started on John Kricfalusi’s blog in a series of posts where he analyzes UPA’s modern graphics, comparing them to traditional …