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Call For Entries: TAIS AniJam

In honour of the TAIS mascot and this year’s Chinese zodiac sign, we are proud to announce that this year¹s theme for the TAIS …

Books

More Wabbit Witerature

Mega collector Tim Hollis read my post about the cartoon references in Norwood and sent in this neat one he found in Beverly Cleary’s …

Classic

Who owns Betty Boop?

Apparently the Fleischer estate has lost a court battle for the rights to Betty Boop, a character created by Grim Natwick at Max …

Animators

Yearbook Drawings of Bob Clampett

Someone is selling Bob Clampett’s 1930 high school yearbook on eBay. Clampett, one of the best known short cartoon directors of the …

Cartoon Culture

Looney Tunes Stoners – III

Yesterday, as a Christmas gift to its listeners, New York area radio station WFMU posted on its Beware of the Blog a series of rare 1982 …

Cartoon Culture

Looney Tunes Stoners – I

Those ain’t no ordinary carrots. And Bugs’ giggling friends with their hazy stares look like they’ve had a few sticks of something too. I …

Books

New Books

The Vault of Walt by my old friend Jim Korkis is a great read and must have for anyone interested in the history of Walt Disney. Korkis …

Events

Jerry’s Labor Day Weekend

There’s a holiday weekend coming up – and as usual, I’ll be spending most of it in a darkened theatre – starting tonight! I’ll …

Events

Tuesday screening: Toons In Drag

For my Cinefamily animation screening this month we’re examining the cartoons (and especially Bugs Bunny) where male characters dress …

Animators

Warner Bros. Animators ID

Cartoon Research continues…. Earlier this week we posted about a vintage Leon Schlesinger studio program for a Christmas play …

Animators

Tom Ray 1919-2010

The Animation Guild is reporting the passing of animator Tom Ray. Ray started at Warner Bros. in 1937 and worked for MGM after WWII …

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