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Works released in 1930 hit the U.S. public domain on January 1, including early animation icons, forgotten favorites, and the art form's formative experiments.
Jasmine Amy Rogers, the Tony-nominated star of 'Boop! The Musical,' reveals her favorite Betty Boop cartoon, too.
The broadcaster promoted the idea that Betty Boop was based on a Black child performer named Esther Jones.
Betty Boop merchandise is expanding into new international territories and new merchandise categories.
What do you get when you cross a British reality TV show host, the studio that made "Happy Feet," and an 84-year-old cartoon sex symbol? You may not have to wait long to find out.
It's been a busy stretch for the Thirties Fleischer cartoon star Betty Boop. First, she got her own paper towel in Turkey, and now, Winnipeg, Canada-based Fowl Moon Studios has licensed the character for a new iOS game called Betty Boop Dance Card.
If the measure of a civilization is what it prints on its paper towels, then Turkey currently has the most advanced civilization on this planet. Behold, the Betty Boop paper towel.
Classic American cartoon characters pop up throughout Europe in unexpected ways. A couple examples from my recent trip: Betty Boop …
First it was Alvin and the Chipmunks, then Yogi Bear. Once again, Hollywood has its way with animation history… (Thanks, Thad K. …
Apparently the Fleischer estate has lost a court battle for the rights to Betty Boop, a character created by Grim Natwick at Max …
This weekend in Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Rapids Betty Boop Festival will celebrate its native son: Myron “Grim” Natwick, the designer and …
Here’s a curio: a 1930s vintage toy projector slide show, featuring Max Fleischer’s Betty Boop, Koko and Bimbo in a new adventure in the …
Betty Lawyer Kimball passed away last Thursday evening at the age of 97. She died from natural causes. Betty (birth name: Mary …
Looks like Betty Boop has returned to her pre-Code roots… gambling! Dave Filipi (Film Curator of Wexner Center for the Arts in …
The New York Times, Playbill and several other news sources are reporting on plans, just announced, for a Betty Boop musical supposedly …
Apparently lots of Latino people think they look like Betty Boop. This article in Swindle Magazine discusses the popularity of the …
Does anyone remember this short lived comic strip (1984-1988) by The Walker Brothers (Brian, Morgan, Greg, and Neal, the sons of Beetle …
Fleischer Studios made arguably the funniest cartoons of the 1920s and ’30s — and they made them, from 1923 through 1938, in studio …
The Great American Ink animation gallery in Brentwood, CA has commissioned animation artist and director Toby Bluth (brother of Don) to …
Animation director Steve Moore, who previously posted Duane Crowther’s long-lost student film BLUM BLUM, has posted another amazing …