Popeye DVD

Here it comes! The first official release of the classic Max Fleischer cartoons on DVD, from Warner Home Video (who own the master …

Walter Tetley

Walter Tetley is a name you may not know, but you’ve definitely heard his voice. He’s best known for his role as Sherman in Jay …

More on George Pal’s Puppetoons

As a follow up to my posting a 1943 Look Magazine article on George Pal, Brew reader Kevin Kidney sends us this April 1944 Coronet …

Gumby World

It’s easy to knock Gumby… He’s been mocked by Saturday Night Live, trivialized in junk merchandise, and mostly ignored by the …

1943 article on Pal’s Puppetoons

From Collier’s magazine (January 16, 1943), an interesting article on George Pal and hisPuppetoon shorts for Paramount Pictures. Click on …

1960 US Navy spot by Bobe Cannon

After Robert “Bobe” Cannon (the genius director of Gerald McBoing Boing) left UPA around 1958, he began to do a lot of commercial …

A Red-Hot Trade Ad

I just came across this trade ad from a 1945 issue of Box Office Magazine. Click on thumbnail image at left to see it in full …

Cool McCool

Cool McCool was not a great cartoon show. In fact, it was downright poor. Created by Bob Kane (of Batman and Courageous Cat fame), and …

Fred Quimby Explains It All

Cartoonist David King has posted on his blog several interesting pages from a 1950 book, The Complete Guide to Professional Cartooning. …

Chris Ishii’s Lil’ Neebo

I was bummed when animation artist Chris Ishii passed away in 2001 because I’d had his phone number on my desktop for quite a while and …

Misce-Looney-ous

Looney Tunes fans rejoice! Jon Cooke and Matthew Hunter have joined forces to start a new blog to collect and showcase Warner Bros. …

ALICE in 35mm

A few years ago, Ray Pointer (aka Inkwell Images) put together a superb DVD collection of seven Alice Comedies, Disney’s 1920s silent-era …

How To Be A Cartoon Director

Kevin Langley found this vintage clip online in which Walter Lantz describes the duties of a cartoon director at his studio. It’s nice to …

Raid spot by Tex Avery

Mark Evanier posted this Tex Avery-directed Raid commercial on his blog and I couldn’t resist linking to it as well. At the risk of …

SCRAPPY Research Continues

What does this Scrappy toy (pictured above) have to do Humphrey Bogart? Harry McCracken, the mastermind behind the much acclaimed …

Tashlin ad on eBay

Who knew Frank Tashlin was still doing commercial art in 1948? I didn’t. This is currently for sale on eBay.

Paul Terry on Animation (1925)

Allan Holtz, on his indespensible comic strip blog Stripper’s Guide, has posted an intriguing 1925 article (from Cartoons and Movies …

Popeye Inking Chart

Here. Practice your inking skills with this 1934 Popeye Inking Chart direct, via a time warp, from the Fleischer Studios. And don’t …

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