Making A Character A Star: What Ingredients Do *You* Think Are Most Important?
I thought it might be fun to list off some of your favorite (or most hated!) cartoon characters and why they have (or don’t have) appeal.
I thought it might be fun to list off some of your favorite (or most hated!) cartoon characters and why they have (or don’t have) appeal.
This is one of my favorites of the series, and absolutely one of the hardest to find a decent print on.
I thought I’d share a few things that I think are must-sees in my animation history class, even though they’re not the eras often highlighted here.
Happy 4/20, everyone. To celebrate the day, we’re screening a reel of far-out stop-mo commercials.
While Jungle Jam is the usual sort of VB cannibal cartoon, there’s some fun and bizarre gags – and a great Rodemich score – despite its stereotypes.
How many folks here remember seeing this cartoon when growing up on local television? I’d love to hear your memories of that.
This is a pretty fun cartoon to just listen to the soundtrack for – a great reminder of how nicely composed the tracks are on Famous Studios films.
Off the top of my head, here are some of my favorite stylized things from the 50s.
It’s not the top cartoon of the series, but I thought I’d share it this week – a scan from Mark Kausler’s very nice 16mm print.
I’ve always been fascinated by the really odd films that are a part of the regular release schedules at pretty much every studio. Here’s one from Lantz.