The Old Grey Hare

Animator Spotlight: Rod Scribner

In today’s world of focus-tested blandness and homogenized AI sludge, watching Scribner’s boldly personal weirdness from 80 years ago is a breath of fresh air.

The Little Whirlwind

Animator Spotlight: Fred Moore

“Fred Moore was Disney drawing,” his colleague Marc Davis once said. “We’ve all done things on our own, but that was the basis of what Disney stood for.”

Emery Hawkins animation

Animator Spotlight: Emery Hawkins

“I go berserk as far as the formula,” Hawkins explained of his approach. “I just can’t resist the temptation to take the formula and change it.”

Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland

A History Of Comic Strip Animated Adaptations

To celebrate the release of ‘The Garfield Movie,’ we’re taking a look at the long history of animated adaptations of newspaper comic strips.

Animation by Grant Simmons

Animator Spotlight: Grant Simmons

Simmons did some of his funniest and most characteristic work during his MGM stint, working under the great Tex Avery.