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….
Monthly Archives: March 2013
The Marvel Super-Hero Cartoons (1966)
I was the perfect age to soak in the super-hero craze of the 1960s. We all knew way back when how cheap these Grantray-Lawrence Marvel Super Heroes cartoons were –…
Animation Anecdotes #103
Jay Ward’s Wonderful World of Color. At the beginning of NBC’s prime time “The Bullwinkle Show”, the show’s early episodes began with a Bullwinkle hand puppet (voiced by Bill Scott)…
The Bob Clampett Coloring Book
Get out your crayons! Today, courtesy of Aaron Higgins, who through his Retro Reprints archive of classic coloring books, is allowing me to share selected pages from this jaw-dropping 1963…
Theatrical Cartoons 1961-62
My recent reprinting of Boxoffice Magazine’s annual short subject issue for 1964-65 proved so popular, I think I’ll feature these on a semi-regular basis. This week I’ve decided to take…
Walter Lantz Thru United Artists
When Walter Lantz met with Universal in 1947, to renegotiate his contract, the studio played hard ball. It wanted to completely own all of the Lantz cartoons in perpetuity. But…
The Last Black & White Anime
Editor’s Note: Today I’m proud to introduce the debut of a new series of columns that I’m calling “LOST PLANET ANIME”. They will be written by our latest Cartoon Research…
Fleischer’s Animated News #2
Here’s the second edition of the Fleischer Studio in-house newsletter, from January 1935. In his editorial, Max suggests that the newsletter is part of the company’s health plan, and explains…
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…
A Terrytoons Poster Gallery
To paraphrase former President Ronald Reagan, the six most terrifying words in the English language are: “This Theatre Regularly Shows Terrytoons Cartoons!” – or language to that effect. Let’s be…
