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Thurl Ravenscroft 1914-2005

Thurl Ravenscroft, who roared “They’re Grrrrreeeat!” in Kellogg’s Tony the Tiger ads and voiced a host of Disney characters, died Sunday …

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OH YEAH! CARTOONS

Heads up all you creative types: Frederator Studios is calling for new submissions for a fourth season of Oh Yeah! Cartoons to be …

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A Brush With Will Eisner

Mark Bunker sent in this nice memory of recently departed comic legend Will Eisner: Eisner has long been my favorite comic book artist. …

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NY Dispatch #1

This past week I’ve been hanging around New York City on a business trip of sorts, though admittedly, business in my case is fairly …

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Popeye Restored

Less than a month ago I saw the two-reel Fleischer cartoon POPEYE THE SAILOR MEETS SINDBAD THE SAILOR (1936) for the first time. I didn’t …

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2D Expo Photos

Jorge Gutierrez’s wife, Sandra Equihua, was kind enough to forward some photos she took during the Flash & TV Production panel, which I …

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GO! SPEED RACER GO!

Excerpted from today’s Daily Variety:”DodgeBall” star Vince Vaughn has gotten Warner Bros. revved up again about “Speed Racer,” a live- …

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FOLLOW-UP: JONES MURAL SAVED!

This just in from John Tebbel:Great news. The power of Chuck Jones triumphs.Due to the pitching in of lots of folks, chief among them …

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The TV Animation Business Part 2

How Multinational Corporations Thrive As I mentioned in the last installment, the paradox of the TV business is that the increasing …

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Kneitel, Sparber & Tytla

Which one of these doesn’t belong? I can’t get over this publicity photo of Disney great Bill Tytla, with Isadore Sparber and Seymour …

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