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How Old Animation Directors Were When They Made Their First Film
by Amid Amidi   Thursday March 28, 2013   12:32 pm
“Animation is a young man’s game,” Chuck Jones once said.
There’s no question that animation is a labor-intensive art that …
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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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planelandings

Ideas/Commentary

Everything We Do Is Animation
by Amid Amidi   Thursday December 6, 2012   3:25 am
This video of plane landings by Cy Kuckenbaker has been quite the sensation this week, amassing over 1.7 million views…
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Tex's Rabbit by Bob Givens

Classic

72 Years Ago Today: Bugs Bunny Was Born
by Amid Amidi   Friday July 27, 2012   8:22 am
Seventy-two years ago today – on July 27th, 1940 – Bugs
Bunny appeared in Tex Avery’s A Wild Hare. The Warner Bros. …
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HB_butch

Classic

More MGM Model Sheets
by Jerry Beck   Tuesday June 26, 2012   12:05 am
More from that cache of vintage MGM model sheets obtained by
Mike Van Eaton. I don’t think these have been reprinted, or are …
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avery_tatoo

Cartoon Culture

Avery Tattoo
by Jerry Beck   Sunday February 5, 2012   7:30 pm
Tex Avery tats spotted on line at Disney World. You know what?
“I’m happy!” (Thanks, Uncle Wayne)
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redhot-icon

Animators

French TV coverage of Tex Avery’s passing
by Jerry Beck   Wednesday January 18, 2012   4:00 pm
Unlike the United States, the French considered Tex Avery a
genius in his time. When he passed away (8/26/80), the French …
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“Kool Aid” by Tex Avery
by Jerry Beck   Tuesday December 20, 2011   9:00 am
I’ve been drinking the Kool-Aid for Tex Avery, for years now.
Little did I know Avery actually directed a Kool-Aid TV spot, …
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averyobit480

Animators

Remember Tex Avery
by Jerry Beck   Friday August 26, 2011   11:30 pm
As we head into this heatwave (west coast)/hurricane (east
coast) weekend, we pause to take note of the passing of Tex …
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averyhighschool-b

Animators

High School Drawing by Tex Avery
by Amid Amidi   Sunday June 26, 2011   1:55 am
This comic from Tex Avery’s days at North Dallas High School
(see larger version here) is currently up for auction on Howard …
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bewitchedcel

Cartoon Culture

Auction Results for 20 Pieces of Animation Art
by Amid Amidi   Wednesday May 18, 2011   6:02 am
Last weekend, Profiles in History in conjunction with Van Eaton
Galleries (disclosure: they are an advertiser on Cartoon …
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Advertising

Radio Station’s homage to Tex Avery (1980)
by Jerry Beck   Tuesday April 19, 2011   1:00 am
This one is new to me. Back around 1980 there was a radio
station (KTNQ) in L.A. branded “10-Q.” Apparently they …
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jimmyneutronoscar

Ideas/Commentary

The 6 Most Unforgivable Animation Oscar Moments
by Amid Amidi   Sunday February 27, 2011   4:07 pm
Few people I know take the Oscars seriously as a barometer for
what is state-of-the-art or innovative in animation, and …
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Advertising

1965 Bugs Bunny commercial by Tex Avery & Rod Scribner
by Jerry Beck   Wednesday December 29, 2010   7:00 pm
Ever wonder what a 1965 Bugs Bunny cartoon directed by Tex Avery
and animated by Rod Scribner might be like? By 1965, …
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