BOOK REVIEW: “Walt’s People” Vol. 13
Once or twice a year, animation historians receive a special gift – in black & white text, printed and bound, containing several hundred pages of pure bliss. That day has…
Category Archives: Reviews
DVD REVIEW: “Betty Boop: The Essential Collection, Volume 1”
I’ll start at the top with the bottom line: The transfers of these twelve classic Max Fleischer Betty Boop cartoons are very good and I recommend you purchase this collection….
BOOK REVIEW: “The Noble Approach”
We have here a strong candidate for ‘Animation Book of the Year’. I just received a copy of Tod Polson’s long awaited book on his mentor – animation layout master…
BOOK REVIEW: “Arthurian Animation”
The mere thought of the King Arthur legend, of the knighthood, chivalry, and magic of it, never fails to bring to mind rich personalities and landscapes, and has thus had…
DVD REVIEW: DePatie-Freleng’s “Super 6”
In this day and age, you just never know what weird and obscure cartoon will suddenly reappear, after being hidden from public for years, maybe decades. Case in point: DePatie-Freleng’s…
Book Review: “Nudnik Revealed!”
What’s Nudnik? Nudnik was animator Gene Deitch’s favorite creation, the star of a series of twelve Paramount theatrical cartoons in the 1960s – and a character pretty much forgotten today….
DVD REVIEW: Best of Warner Bros. 25 Cartoon Collection: Hanna-Barbera
Warner Home Video just recently released this commemorative anniversary DVD collection, Best of Warner Bros. 25 Cartoon Collection: Hanna-Barbera. Any collection that claims to be the “best of” is just…
“Accidentally Preserved”
Today I’m going recommend a wonderful new compilation DVD with only one animated film on it. Accidentally Preserved Volume 1 collects nine “rare or lost silent films” and makes them…
DVD REVIEW: Nelvana’s “Beetlejuice: The Complete Series”
For the first time, the long-running animated TV version of the Tim Burton hit horror/comedy movie has been released on DVD in its entirety (select episodes were previously on VHS)….
DVD Review: Help! It’s The Hair Bear Bunch!
This is more of a tribute than a review, because I am not ashamed, but proud to proclaim Help! It’s the Hair Bear Bunch! as one of my Hanna-Barbera favorites,…
