Betty Boop Lottery Tix
Looks like Betty Boop has returned to her pre-Code roots… gambling! Dave Filipi (Film Curator of Wexner Center for the Arts in …
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Popeye goes PD?
According to this article in today’s London Times, Popeye the Sailor will lose its copyright protection in Europe on January 1. …
Mr. Bug Goes to Town Screens in NY
Here’s a special end-of-the-year treat for New Yorkers: the Fleischer’s second and last feature, Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941), is playing …
How to Draw “Fleischer”
Comic art collector Eric Sack is an old friend who has perhaps the finest collection of original underground comix art in the United …
The Twelve Animated Days of Christmas #12
How else could we end this but with an excerpt from A Charlie Brown Christmas, the greatest piece of holiday animation ever created, …
The Twelve Animated Days of Christmas, #11
Directed by Bill Melendez, this is the 1974 Emmy Award-winning special Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Clause. Melendez’s years of …
Fleischer Superman on DVD
Warner Bros. is finally releasing the classic Paramount Superman cartoons (1941-43) on a stand alone DVD set. These are the nine Max …
New Years Looney Tunes marathon
Looney Tunes make a return appearance to television on New Years Day when Cartoon Network is scheduled to broadcast an all-day 14-hour …
The Twelve Animated Days of Christmas, #10
Celebrating Christmas old-school Chipmunk style…
The Twelve Animated Days of Christmas, #9
Today’s entry from the UK is more curio than classic: the 1959 Halas and Batchelor cartoon The Christmas Visitor, directed by John Halas, …
The Twelve Animated Days of Christmas, #8
Der Schneemann (The Snowman) is a delightful 1943 animated short directed and animated by Hans Fischerkoesen in Nazi Germany. …
The Twelve Animated Days of Christmas, #7
We’re sticking around in the Thirties today for the Van Beuren short Pals (aka Christmas Night) starring Soglow’s The Little King. A …
The Twelve Animated Days of Christmas, #6
We’re looking back all the way to 1932 today to see Santa’s Workshop, a Disney “Silly Symphony” directed by Wilfred Jackson. It’s …
The Twelve Animated Days of Christmas, #5
The holidays get the ‘cartoon modern’ treatment in this rare 1954 version of Frosty the Snowman directed by Bobe Cannon at UPA.
The Twelve Animated Days of Christmas, #4
An irreverent take on the holidays by Monty Python animator Terry Gilliam. This piece originally aired in 1968 on the TV series Do Not …
Warner Bros. Animated Industrials
Back in September I wrote several posts about a stash of Warner Club News magazines I came into featuring rare photos and information …
The Twelve Animated Days of Christmas, #3
A 1966 holiday interstitial that aired on CBS. Directed and designed by R.O. Blechman. Animated by Ed Smith Willis Pyle. (Thanks, …
MGM Shorts Story
Here’s something you may not have seen. During the 1930s, MGM published a bi-monthly in-house magazine, MGM Shorts Story devoted to its …
The Twelve Animated Days of Christmas, #2
An excerpt from The Story of Christmas, a 1963 NBC special with artwork created by Sleeping Beauty art director Eyvind Earle.
The Twelve Animated Days of Christmas, #1
The “twelve days of Christmas” technically begin after Christmas Day, but we’re starting them early. Every day between now and Christmas, …
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