Bill Wray’s New Cartoon Blog
Animation background painter Bill Wray decided to go legit a while back and become the fine artist William Wray, but thankfully for us, …
Animation background painter Bill Wray decided to go legit a while back and become the fine artist William Wray, but thankfully for us, …
Virgil “VIP” Partch (1916-1984) is, in my humble opinion, the funniest print cartooniest ever. Besides creating laugh-out-loud-funny …
A quick follow-up to last Friday’s post about Cartoon Network’s first original live-action production. An individual who’s familiar with …
I’m super-excited to announce that I’ll be headed to Scotland for the Projector 2006 festival, which takes place next week from October …
I’m telling you for the last time! Tomorrow afternoon, Saturday September 16th at 3:30pm, a once in a lifetime screening of all six …
I’ll be spending the next five days (as I do every Labor Day) over at Cinecon 42 based at both the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel (at …
BATMAN writer Paul Dini shares his thoughts about the Tom & Jerry smoking ban we mentioned yesterday. His ideas on Disney’s PECOS BILL …
I’ve been tinkering around with Flickr the past couple days (so maybe that should be spelled ‘tinkring’) and the results are the …
I want to thank everyone who showed up last Friday night at the Comic Con for my annual WORST CARTOONS EVER screening. You haven’t lived …
My book CARTOON MODERN: STYLE AND DESIGN IN FIFTIES ANIMATION will be making its official debut in San Diego this week. These are the …
A bit of a followup to last week’s post “Cartoons, Copyright and YouTube”. Emru Townsend at fps magazine linked to this excellent article …
Dan Goodsell’s Sampler of Things blog is a daily must-see for everyone who loves classic cartoons and great retro package design. Today’s …
I don’t expect much from Cartoon Network these days. After all, this is the same “Cartoon” Network that announced a few months back that …
Thanks to the restoration efforts of Warner Home Video, and the series of Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD sets, there are (or will be) …
The relationship between animated cartoons and breakfast cereal goes back to the 1930s. But it was the weekly TV cartoons shows of the …
Today only, Classic Media is offering up a bunch of cartoons for free viewing on Google Video. Episodes of Roger Ramjet, Jay Ward’s Rocky …
A couple brief notes on my soon-to-be-released book CARTOON MODERN. If you’re a member of the media and would like to receive a …
Cartoon film collector Joe Busam recently post this slide show of his progress painting a nursery, in the style of a generic early-1930s …
John McElwee, on his Greenbriar Picture Shows blog, recalls the horror of 1960s theatrical cartoon shorts:These were dark days for …
In 1929, Charles Mintz (left) signs Ben Harrison and Manny Gould to long term contracts, to produce KRAZY KAT cartoons for Columbia …