The Origin of Scooby Doo
While we have all accepted the stories about the birth of Scooby-Doo, there are still some things left to be discovered.
Category Archives: ANIMATION ANECDOTES
The Wally Wood Animated Series That Never Was
While much of Wood’s comic book work has been reprinted, none of the work he did for animation has been captured in a permanent form.
Scoobynatural
What happens when you combine a popular, long running live-action television series with a popular, long running animated television series?
The Animated World of Wally Wood
Wally Wood was well known master comic book artist who briefly explored animation – but unfortunately none of his series proposals were ever produced.
The Funeral of Marvin Acme
Many sequences were storyboarded for Who Framed Roger Rabbit but were then left out of the final feature film for a variety of reasons. Here is one we wished they would have done.
Lost “Fantasia”: The Disappearance of Sunflower
Though Disney has been aggressive in removing any trace of Sunflower from Fantasia, one may be able to find these scenes complete and uncensored.
More Kong: Behind the 1998 Warner Bros. Animated Musical Feature
The Mighty Kong is a seventy minute direct-to-video Warner Brothers animated musical adaptation, with songs by the Sherman brothers. How did this project come to be?
“Song of the South” Animation
With Disney+ not including Song of the South in its offerings, it once again ignited the controversies about the film that are often based on misunderstandings and urban legends.
Kid Kong
Multiple attempts have been made to translate the iconic King Kong character into animation. Here is the story of one aborted attempt by Filmation.
The Scrooge McDuck Cartoon Never Made
Historian Mike Barrier, researching at the Disney Archives, discovered there was the possibility of an Uncle Scrooge theatrical short in 1955 – written by Carl Barks!
