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The Disney Strike of 1941
Kip W has posted some amazing animation artifacts on Flickr: coverage of the 1941 Disney strike as reported in New York’s leftist daily …
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Peter Kleinow (1934-2007)
Another of the old guard of animation, Pete Kleinow, has passed away. He was both a stop motion animator (with Art Clokey), and a renown …
Animator Helen Hill Killed In New Orleans
This is the sad type of story that obviously no one would like to be reporting. After losing their home during Hurricane Katrina, …
Great Article on Master Animator Bill Tytla
Here’s some great weekend reading. The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive has posted another wonderful animation document: scans of a 1994 …
Cartoon Characters and Merchandising
Independent animator (and former syndicated newspaper cartoonist) Chris Harding has a thought-provoking rant on his blog about the perils …
Vip Partch Cartooning Lessons
Virgil “VIP” Partch (1916-1984) is, in my humble opinion, the funniest print cartooniest ever. Besides creating laugh-out-loud-funny …
Flickr: Cartoon Modern Yearbook
I’ve been tinkering around with Flickr the past couple days (so maybe that should be spelled ‘tinkring’) and the results are the …
LOONEY TUNES GOLDEN COLLECTION #4
Warner Bros. has announced the November 14th release date for the
A LOST WARNER BROS. CARTOON
Thanks to the restoration efforts of Warner Home Video, and the series of Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD sets, there are (or will be) …
ANIMATOR PAINTS NURSERY LIKE 1930’s CARTOON
Cartoon film collector Joe Busam recently post this slide show of his progress painting a nursery, in the style of a generic early-1930s …
1940s Columbia Cartoons
Thad Komorowski has posted three classic Columbia cartoons on his blog Identifying Animators and Their Scenes: THE FOX AND GRAPES (1941, …
1944 POPULAR SCIENCE ARTICLE ON “THREE CABALLEROS”
The posting of the January 1940 Popular Mechanics article on Disney’s PINOCCHIO last week has inspired me to dig out this September 1944 …
The New Cartoon Network
Here’s a roundup of news related to our earlier post about Cartoon Network’s rebranding efforts, and its new programming direction, which …
Cartoon Brew Film of the Week: The Tale of How
The Tale of How is a mostly CG animated short produced by the South African animation collective Blackheart Gang. Credits are Marcus …
CARTOONS: NO LAUGHING MATTER
Heads up, New Yorkers! The Film Forum is presenting CARTOONS: No Laughing Matter?, a program of new animated shorts begining Wednesday, …
Rubbery Cartoon Dancing
Cartoonist/animator Marc Deckter has a great post on his new blog about some of his favorite old-timey rubber-hose dance scenes. Van …
Identifying Classic Animators
My new favorite blog of the moment is Thad Komorowski’s “Identifying Animators and Their Scenes.” The site has only been up for a few …
FORGOTTEN ANIMATOR TOM JOHNSON
Michael Sporn, on his excellent blog, has posted a bio of animator Tom Johnson from the October 1935 issue of Max Fleischer’s in-house …
The Birth of the American Cartoon
I’ve previously noted that John Canemaker is making two don’t-miss Los Angeles appearances on Thursday January 12th and Saturday January …
ANIMATOR REFERENCE FOUND IN OLD COMIC BOOK
Take note the name of the photographer on these comic pages! Milton Knight sent us these intriguing panels he found in OUR KID SISTER, a …
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