LA Filmforum to screen Animated Documentaries
Los Angeles Filmforum is a local organization that regularly screens experimental and avant-garde films, documentaries, and animation. …
Jerry Beck
MGM Cartoons: Altered and Reissued
Cartoon historian David Gerstein has been rummaging through the Library of Congress and has come up with the dialogue cutting …
The Dumpster Diver Dan Show
This month our foul mouthed puppet companion, Dumpster Diver Dan (above right), has negotiated co-hosting deal with Moodsy the Clinically …
From Dime To Dime (1960)
If it’s Saturday, it must be time for another obscure 1960s cartoon that, for one reason or other, was never released to TV. Today we …
Red Riding Hood
Swedish graphic design student Tomas Nilsson, inspired by Röyksopps music video Remind Me, reinterprets the fairy tale Little Red …
The two heads of Gulliver
Last night I had a great time catching up with one of my favorite animated features of all time, Max Fleischer’s Gulliver’s Travels …
Walt’s Ashes
It’s only a matter of time before they cut these scenes from your favorite Disney films:
The Harvey Girls
Going on sale sometime within the next month is the fifth volume (our last, for now) of my and Leslie Cabarga’s Harvey Comics Classics …
Dance Stars of American Animation
New Yorkers, here’s a heads-up on a free program this week at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. …
Executive Notes for ‘One Froggy Evening’
Toronto screenwriter Denis McGrath imagines what kind of notes today’s industry executives might give to Chuck Jones’ classic Warner …
My Name Is Dug
The Pixar “Art of” books are always a treat, and next to that the Little Golden Books and various tie-in publications always feature …
The Stubborn Cowboy (1967)
When Shamus Culhane took over the creative controls of the Paramount Animation Studio in 1966, he clearly understood the opportunity he …
Oswald old and new
Our pal Ruben Procopio has just posted images of his sculpt for a forthcoming Walt Disney/Oswald Rabbit statue, for the Disney Classics …
Magoo’s Christmas Carol book
I’m pleased to report that Darrell Van Citters’s book on the making of Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol has now gone to press. If all goes …
New Donald Duck cartoon carton
Continuing our ongoing monitoring of classic cartoon characters on modern food products, animator Alex Kirwan sent in this image of the …
Little Mermaid Crew Reunion
Pssst! Save the date. Mark your calendar. May 21st, Woodbury University in Burbank @ 7:30PM. ASIFA-Hollywood is organizing a …
The Last Terrytoon one-shot
I’m back with another lame attempt by a classic cartoon studio to be relevant in the 1960s. Today I’ve got what I believe is the last …
Cartoon Network Real
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Koko Walks Again!
Good ol’ J.J. Sedelmaier, inspired by our post last month of an animated Koko the Clown flip book by Bob Jaques, reached into his …
Tytla’s Little Audrey?
J.J. Sedelmaier recently had a visit from John Canemaker at his studio in White Plains. J.J. sent them in with this note:”We had a chance …
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