“The Return of Duck Dodgers” Storyboard by Michael Maltese – Part 1
As a Holiday Gift to you, we present (in two parts) the original 1979 Michael Maltese storyboards for the cartoon intended to be a sequel to the 1953 classic, “Duck Dodgers”.
Category Archives: Animation History
Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1980
Neither Chuck Jones, Oscar Grillo, Marv Newland, Bob Godfrey or young Gabor Csupo could get their films nominated in 1980. Here’s what they submitted.
Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1979
Don Bluth’s Banjo The Woodpile Cat was one of 33 animated shorts submitted, qualified and screened – but snubbed for an Academy Award in 1979.
Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1978
Disney’s The Small One was one of 40 cartoons submitted but snubbed by Oscar this year. It’s one of 18 posted in this week’s round up of submitted shorts.
Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1977
For your edification and viewing pleasure, we have found video for 12 of the 26 qualified submissions that the Academy screened, but didn’t make the cut.
The Flintstones and Welch’s Grape Juice
A tribute to one of the legendary sponsors of The Flintstones. Three cheers to Welch’s Grape Juices, Jams and Jellies. Yabba-Dabba-Do!
Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award 1975
Another fascinating year for nominees – with the strengths of hand-drawn animation on full display. Beautiful films, all. But in the end – the ‘laughs’ won out.
“Mr. Winkle Returns” (1954)
Check out this find: A rare industrial film for General Mills, made in 1954, directed by Gene Hazelton with animation by Irv Spence and Ken Muse.
Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award 1974
“The Butterfly Ball” is one of twenty-five animated shorts submitted to the Academy that didn’t make the cut for a nomination in 1974.
Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award 1973
The animated shorts branch became the one Oscar committee that actually lived up the Academy’s mandate of honoring films “Arts” and “Sciences”.
