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Forgotten Cartoon Legends #2: Muggy-Doo Boy Cat
I can’t explain MUGGY-DOO BOY CAT, but I feel compelled to acknowledge its existence.Animator Hal Seegar (1917-2005) had a prolific …
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Forgotten Cartoon Legends #1 – Superkatt
Between the years he directed Popeye, Superman and Stone Age cartoons for Fleischer & Famous Studios in the early 40s, and his story and …
Alice and Martin Provensen’s The First Noel
Ward Jenkins has given us a wonderful holiday treat on his blog: hi-res scans of the entire 1959 Golden Book THE FIRST NOEL illustrated …
BLACK CARTOONS ON REFREDERATOR
The theme this week on ReFrederator.com is animated shorts built around racial stereotypes. Our buddy Emru Townsend of fps magazine is …
CARTOON NETWORK’S RE-ANIMATED
Yesterday, Cartoon Network released the trailer for their first original live-action production RE-ANIMATED. We’ve already discussed this …
More About The New Live-Action Cartoon Network
A quick follow-up to last Friday’s post about Cartoon Network’s first original live-action production. An individual who’s familiar with …
CALLING ALL CARTOON WRITERS!
If you’ve written for TV Animation, you might be eligible for a 2006 Writers Guild Award. The Writers Guild is looking for nominees in …
First Horton Image
Yesterday’s USA TODAY had a short ARTICLE about Fox/Blue Sky’s next animated feature HORTON HEARS A WHO (March 2008), which also included …
OLD MOVIES AND CARTOONS
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 …
THE FIRST ARTICLE ABOUT LOONEY TUNES
Joe Dante sent us what must be the first article ever published about Warner Bros. cartoons. It’s from the December 7th 1930 edition of …
Cartoons And Janet Klein
Thursday night, August 3rd, in a small theatre in Hollywood I will be projecting several celluloid 16mm cartoons as the “opening act” of …
SDCC: Cartoon Modern
My book CARTOON MODERN: STYLE AND DESIGN IN FIFTIES ANIMATION will be making its official debut in San Diego this week. These are the …
TV CARTOON PALS
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 …
Cartoons, Copyright and YouTube
So, what’s new in the world of animation this week? Well, YouTube has bowed to pressure from the movie studios and removed hundreds of …
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) …
CEREAL BOX CARTOONS
The relationship between animated cartoons and breakfast cereal goes back to the 1930s. But it was the weekly TV cartoons shows of the …
Cartoon Modern Update
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 …
Eddie Fitzgerald’s First Animation Job
Cartoonist Eddie Fitzgerald tells a hilarious story on his blog about his first animation job in 1979 at Filmation and his experiences …
FIRST REVIEWS OF A SCANNER DARKLY
From the Cannes Film Festival: The Hollywood Reporter HATES IT and Time Out calls it “even less generally accessible than Waking Life.” …
Be A Cartoon Brewer
Remember folks, the deadline is tomorrow afternoon to submit your entries for becoming a “guest brewer” on Cartoon Brew. We’ve already …
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