My All-Time Top Ten Favorite Cartoons – Part 1
Over the years, many people have asked me ‘What is your favorite cartoon?’ Here I attempt an answer.
Over the years, many people have asked me ‘What is your favorite cartoon?’ Here I attempt an answer.
Considering the hits Fleischer had with the two-reel Popeye epic adventures, a continuation of that format would have a good idea. But it was not to be.
A tribute to animator Gene Deitch from his greatest fan – me.
Several new books I think you should know about… for reading over the winter holidays.
“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery”. If so, Casper, Daffy, the Fox and Crow should be VERY flattered!
Wicke only voiced the villainous Bluto for a few years, from approximately 1935 to 1938, but to highly memorable effect, especially in Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad.
Something was a edited out of this 1947 Popeye cartoon. Do you have a theory on what might have been contained in the cut footage?
In 1938, The National Board of Review magazine published a radio transcript of “an instructional talk” by Fleischer animator Tom Moore and voice/story artist Jack Mercer.
In the 1960s producer Larry Harmon wrote a regular column for The Hollywood Reporter about his thoughts and plans for his animation empire. Here are several of those columns.
This is the second half of a 2-part look at the MGM studio employee newsletter – the columns and photos devoted to the cartoon department.