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Comic-Con Animation Guide
Less than a week remains until Comic-Con International begins in San Diego, and whether you’re a fan of animation, comics, fantasy …
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John Carter meets “Beany & Cecil”
In ancipation of Andrew Stanton’s (Finding Nemo, Wall-E) live action debut, John Carter, this clip of Bob Clampett’s 1936 John Carter of …
Flea & Fly in “City Troubles” by Fernando Miller
Longtime readers of this blog know I have a “thing” for retro-style cartoons – i.e. new animated shorts that faithfully mimic a past era …
A “Beany And Cecil” website!
I love Bob Clampett, and I’m happy to announce that BeanyandCecil.com is now online! This is the official family website of Bob Clampett …
Looney Tunes teach Phonics
The scene above obviously isn’t from the new Looney Tunes Show on Cartoon Network. It’s actually from a new set of Looney Tunes shorts …
Classic Media’s retro-cartoon channel: PB&J
Kidscreen is reporting that Luken Communications, the owner of broadcast channel Retro TV (which currently airs much of the Filmation …
PBS Presents Stan Freberg and Bob Clampett
Last night on the PBS series Pioneers of Television, during an episode devoted to Local Kids’ TV shows, Stan Freberg recounted his …
Cartoon Brew’s 2010 Holiday Gift Guide
Looking for holiday gifts for that special animation someone…or maybe just for yourself. Look no further than Cartoon Brew’s 2010 …
The End of the Creator-Driven Era in TV Animation
The Hub, a network owned partly by toy company Hasbro, launched a little over a week ago with new animated series including Strawberry …
“The Flintstones” turn 50
The first episode aired on ABC on September 30th 1960. Yup, The Flintstones turn the big five-o today. Everyone should sing Happy …
Pixar’s Up is Blammed
How could you improve Pete Docter’s film Up? Let the brilliant minds at the Disney Channel “blam” the film like they’ve doing with the …
Two by Two (1966)
I got into a discussion with a friend last week about the horrible theatrical cartoons of the 1960s. I call them “drive-in cartoons” …
More News About the Network Formerly Known as Cartoon
Thurop Van Orman, the creator of The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, posted an entry earlier this week on his deviantART page, in …
The Slow Death of Cartoon Network
Guess who else doesn’t like the new CN? The people who used to make cartoons at the network, like Chowder creator C.H. Greenblatt. He …
What Tex Avery And Frank Zappa Both Knew About Making Great Entertainment
Want to understand why entertaining cartoons are all but impossible to produce nowadays? You can have the answer in just two short …
Viacom uses Cartoon Stars to ask for a raise
Viacom is asking Time Warner Cable for a raise – and if they don’t get it they will pull their channels off the cable service AT MIDNIGHT …
A Popeye Pencil Test
J.J. Sedelmaier and Howard Beckerman are assembling rare materials for a forthcoming series of animation exhibits showcasing the legacy …
COMMENTARY: To Pitch Or Not To Pitch?
A few weeks ago, I commended New York animator Pat Smith for making this comment in an ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE interview: “The …
Jan Svochak (1926-2006)
J.J. Sedelmaier sends us this sad news:I just wanted to let you and others know that Jan Svochak passed away yesterday afternoon. He was …
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