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Dwarf Fight by Bill Tytla

This sequence of drawings by Bill Tytla from Snow White is a reminder of what attracted me to animation in the first place. Tytla’s …

Here’s something I’ve never seen before, a 1941 pressbook for Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts. I’m a nut for stuff …

I got such a good reaction to the previous 1960s Paramount cartoon that I posted last week, I couldn’t resist torturing you with …

Warner Bros. cartoon art collector Eric Calande recently acquired this item through an antique dealer – a Bosko doll. Click thumbnails …

This video is a lot of fun. It’s a 30 second spot for The Yellow Pages, circa 1971, featuring Bugs Bunny (animated by Robert McKimson?), …

The Chuck Jones Tom & Jerry cartoons of the 1960s are a mixed bag. There are a couple of good ones (I really like The Cat Above, The …

Director Fred Olen Ray: “So I’m sitting in this movie theater one day and I’m watching Who Framed Roger Rabbit and I see Jessica …

The cartoon below isn’t very good, but it’s been rarely seen — and that’s usually good enough for me. And it’s somewhat historically …

Steve Stanchfield is back, doing the Lord’s work at Thunderbean Animation, restoring and releasing rare cartoons from the 1930s on DVD. …

Here’s a piece of Fleischer animation unseen in over 80 years… in fact it may never have been seen in movement at all. Director Bob …

During World War II, dozens of Disney artists were drafted into the US military. Today I’m sharing letters written by three of those …

Peter Rosenberg of Cartoon Crazys, the folks restoring Gulliver’s Travels, as I mentioned in this post, wrote this on our Comments …

In case you haven’t noticed, the classic Warner Bros. cartoons are nowhere to be seen on broadcast television or on cable. It’s been that …

Though Max Fleischer’s Gulliver’s Travels in public domain and widely available on several home video formats, the film has never been …

I found this intriguing two page article on Clutch Cargo in that 1960 issue of TV Guide I mentioned yesterday. I’m a big fan of the …

Courtesy of the Life Magazine photo library, now online as part of Google Images, comes a treasure trove of behind the scenes publicity …

In case you were wondering if anyone has started archiving all the caricatures of Cab Calloway in classic Hollywood cartoons… I suggest …

Looks like Betty Boop has returned to her pre-Code rootsâ€¦ gambling! Dave Filipi (Film Curator of Wexner Center for the Arts in …

According to this article in today’s London Times, Popeye the Sailor will lose its copyright protection in Europe on January 1. …

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 …