Well, the birds have been carved, and a lucky few Thanks-givers got their wish on the big end of the wishbone. But we’re still loaded down with leftovers from last week’s bountiful feast of animated Pilgrim depictions.
I thought it might be interesting to de-emphasize the turkey in cartoon importance, and concentrate on the guys and gals who got the whole holiday started in the first place – the Pilgrims.
The final chapter of our survey of animated outer space visitors. Who next will invade our galaxy? Only an animators’ hyperactive creativity can say!
The fledgling Hanna-Barbera studios were quick to capitalize upon the craze of galactic travel and general “space age” consciousness.
Creatures from outer space visiting our Earth. That happened more than a few times in Hollywood cartoons during the 1950s and 60s – in fact, it was an all-out invasion!
One of the most memorable Halloween “tricks” of all time – from the classic roots of broadcast media, and further immortalized in animated cartoon form – Invaders from Mars!
Back for more batty brain-bashing, as evil scientists have their way with out favorite heroes – including the world’s most famous mouse.
More spooky, and not-so-spooky, doings this week, as we follow more animated instances of personality flip-flops between some of our favorite characters.
Aside from the usual array of supernatural spooks so common to the season, a more Earthbound villain is also a frequent inhabitant of the Halloween scene: the evil scientist.
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of invisible men? Maybe not the Shadow – but animation fans certainly do! More invisibility feats that need to be ‘not-seen’ to be believed.
