Animals That Should Be Animated
I said in my first column that the earliest animated cartoon that I can remember seeing was Disney’s Pinocchio, on its first rerelease in October 1945, just before my fifth…
Tag Archives: Fred Patten
Outrageous Anime
I would like to thank Dwight Decker for giving me the idea for this column, though maybe not exactly in the way that he expected. Dwight said in his comment…
Debunking The Myths: Crusader Rabbit and Walt Disney
How much of what everyone “knows” about animation history is wrong? For example … The first TV cartoon was Crusader Rabbit, in 1949. And Crusader always fought the villainous Dudley…
The 14th Annual Show of Shows: A Review
Author’s Note: This week’s column is a bit of a surprise to us all. I wrote this review last October. Its publication has been on hold for the last six…
Animation That (Almost) Nobody Ever Heard Of
On February 28th, “Crossaffliction” (aka Brendan Kachel) proposed humorously on the Flayrah website that Furry fans create their own version of Mystery Science Theater 3000 to review really bad animated…
Rats In Animation
Are rats “nicer” than mice? In animation, it depends entirely upon the plot. Both mice and rats have to be anthropomorphized so much that any real difference does not matter….
How Home Video Created Anime Fandom
Editor’s Note: I’ve just spent the weekend in Denver Colorado at the Summit on Anime In North America where a group of selected professionals held several lectures and discussions centering…
Fred Patten, Tezuka and… “Atomcat”?
Editor’s Note: Fred Patten has been a friend and colleague of mine for over 30 years. A respected comics and anime historian and a veteran of “the golden age of…
JERRY BECK is an animation producer, writer, former studio exec and an animation historian with over 15 books to his credit.