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The Greatest Cartoons EVER!
For the past 10 years, animator/educator Frank Gladstone has presided over a very successful big-screen Three Stooges Festival each …
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GM: “We All Fall Down”
I was prepared to see Spongebob, Snoopy and various animated stars in today’s telecast of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, but was stunned …
The Wild and Crazy Miniature Calendar Art of Ant & the Aardvark Creator and Pink Panther Writer John Dunn
The legacy of animation designer/writer John Dunn (1920-1983) is secure–if unheralded–as the writer of hundreds of animated shorts …
Animation Ads
John McElwee’s movie blog is always a must-read if you are a lover of classic movies. He’s done several vital posts about classic …
Popular Science/Fleischer App
Shields Pictures, the owners of the old Paramount Pictures Popular Science theatrical shorts, just recently released their very first App …
Gene Deitch in LA July 6th
An early heads up on my next CineFamily/Silent Movie Theatre screening next month. Animation director, cartoonist, creator of Tom …
A Lost Fleischer Cartoon
I have friends in the stock footage business. They buy large libraries of old 16mm movies by the ton (usually home movies, travelogues …
Extra Virgin Olive Oyl
First Popeye was selected to front a a sex shop in Tokyo. Now, who better to represent a line of products using Extra Virgin Olive Oil …
Penelope’s Pitstop Sexual Health Clinic
After you visit Popeye’s sex shop in Tokyo, you might consider checking into Penelope’s Pitstop Sexual Health Clinic in London. It’s just …
Tokyo Pop-eye: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Blow me down! On second thought, let me rephrase that. First a Preston Blair piggy sex toy, and now this: A “Popeye” porn shop spotted …
The Art of Harvey Comics, Fleischer and Famous Studios
Starting next week, the touring exhibition From Richie Rich to Wendy, The Art of Harvey Comics will make a stop in L.A. with rare comic …
Allen Swift (1924-2010)
Gene Deitch just informed us of the passing of his long-time personal friend Allen Swift. Swift (born Ira Stadlen) was best known for …
Cartoon Fight Club
For my Cinefamily animation screening this month we’re going twelve rounds with an all-star championship card that pits Tom vs. Jerry, …
Facebook Fun
That’s Dave Fleischer in the center, at the Paramount gates in Hollywood, with his two big stars of 1939, Gulliver and Popeye. I …
The Sunday Funnies (2/14/10)
At the top, today’s (2/14/10) Ink Pen by Phil Dunlap (it looks like the arms/legs belong to: (1) Mickey Mouse, (2) Hippety Hopper, (3) …
Mr. Magoo Boxer Shorts
Just when I thought they couldn’t sink lower than Mr. Magoo Boxer Shorts. Imagine taking off your jeans and impressing your lady with …
Fleischer Studio in Miami now a Police Station
When the Fleischer Studio moved to Miami in 1938, Paramount built a state of the art studio building for them to create Gulliver’s …
David Levine 1926-2009
David Levine was one of the great caricaturists of the 20th Century. He was best known for his work for the The New York Review of Books. …
Last Minute Stocking Stuffers
Here are three books I want to bring to your attention – but note: These are strictly for the rabid toon-aholic on your holiday list. …
Cartoon Network Going Commando
Yeah, this is another post ragging on Cartoon Network as is spirals down the drainpipe of doom. I was at Meltdown Comics in Hollywood …
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