Thunderbean’s “Rainbow Parade Cartoons, Volume 1” is back!
…back from replication, that is! And the pre-orders are going out this week!
Category Archives: THUNDERBEAN THURSDAY
“Pencil Mania” with Tom and Jerry
This short, maybe more than any Van Beuren cartoon, seems to celebrate creativity and the imagination, and, as in the best of the series, it’s a freewheeling little adventure.
Scrappy in “Graduation Exercises” (1935)
It’s Scrappy time again — just as every day should be.
The Unique Mighty Mouse Theme Song in “The Perils of Pearl Pureheart” (1949)
… and this week’s question: what ‘missing’ piece of a cartoon was a revelation for you?
Thunderbean Thursday: It’s all Greek (Spanish!) to Me!
One of the films that I scanned recently was a German titled print the Flip the Frog cartoon “Bulloney” with a very cool title card.
Entrenched In Production – and a few things to show!
Here’s something most of you have never seen: the black and white original negs from a frame of Iwerks’ Jack Frost – and both combined as a two-color positive image.
The Little Remaining Pieces of Flip – and Mark’s print of “Coo Coo the Magician”
This particular print contains footage that no other print we’ve found seems to have.
What Would ‘Raggedy Ann and Andy’ Look Like If Joe Oriolo Productions Made It?
Max Fleischer and Richard Williams weren’t the only animators to take on Raggedy Ann and Andy.
A Thunderbean Scan of “Betty Boop and the Little King” (1935)
This nice original NTA TV print is courtesy of Mark Kausler.
Van Beuren’s Tom and Jerry in “Polar Pals” (1931)
Reminding me of the Fleischer cartoons of 1929-1930, with styles of different artists owning whole segments of the film.
