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More Looney Tunes character designs
The photo above is one I snapped of the wall of the Warner Bros. booth at the Licensing Expo in Las Vegas last week. The hype for the new …
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Craig Yoe’s Krazy Kool Kids Komics
Another week, another amazing book from Craig Yoe. And another enthusiastic plug from me, because these are truly great books. This time …
Quirino Cristiani documentary
A 2008 documentary about pioneer Argentine animator Quirino Cristiani (1896-1984) has just been released on DVD. Cristiani made the first …
Spotted A Few Things at the Licensing Show…
…and wanted to share them with you. As I said in a previous post, I attended the 2010 Licensing Expo in Las Vegas yesterday. Here are …
Original MGM Cartoon title art
The image above left is the original art, for the original title card of Rudolf Ising’s 1940 MGM Cartoon, The Fishing Bear. The image …
Animated Shorts of Bob Godfrey
Whenever the short films of British animation legend Bob Godfrey have appeared on YouTube, they’ve been quickly removed. But now there’s …
A Lost Fleischer Cartoon
I have friends in the stock footage business. They buy large libraries of old 16mm movies by the ton (usually home movies, travelogues …
Snoopy Flying Ace
I’m not a gamer, so I can’t speak for the playability, but the design work by Peter Wagner for the new Xbox Live Arcade game Snoopy …
Introducing: The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes Cartoons
I just received a copy of my latest book, The 100 Greatest Looney Tunes, directly from the printer and snapped the photo above for you to …
The New York Times on the new Looney Tunes
Brooks Barnes recounts the recent history – and uncertain future – of Warner Bros. Looney Tunes franchise in today’s New York Times. The …
Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension (1996) trailer
Here’s a trailer from one of the rarest Looney Tunes of all: Marvin the Martian in the Third Dimension. It’s never been on television, …
Amazing Archive of Vintage TV Commercials
The commercial above comes from Duke University’s AdViews digital archive which is the most significant collection of vintage TV …
Harvey Art Show
Tonight is the opening of The Art of Harvey Comics exhibit over at the Van Eaton Gallery on Ventura Blvd. Many pieces in this exhibit are …
UCLA Preserved Silent Animation website
Last night, Bill Kroyer and I participated in an animation panel at the Hammer Museum, which followed a screening of some newly restored …
The Art of Harvey Comics, Fleischer and Famous Studios
Starting next week, the touring exhibition From Richie Rich to Wendy, The Art of Harvey Comics will make a stop in L.A. with rare comic …
UCLA Archive animation screening: From Inkwell to Desktop
Heads up on another screening I’m involved with next month in L.A.: From Inkwell to Desktop: A Selection of Early Hand Drawn and Digital …
Male (1962) by Osamu Tezuka
An odd rarity by Astro Boy creator Osamu Tezuka that probably works best in a dark theater. It’s available with twelve of his other …
Allen Swift (1924-2010)
Gene Deitch just informed us of the passing of his long-time personal friend Allen Swift. Swift (born Ira Stadlen) was best known for …
Warner Bros. Animators ID
Cartoon Research continues…. Earlier this week we posted about a vintage Leon Schlesinger studio program for a Christmas play …
Cool T-Shirt Design: Cartoon Wigs Museum
I love this T-shirt design by Rodrigo Leonardo Batista Ferreira (aka rodrigobhz). Ferreira submitted this to Threadless.com and won their …
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