Cartoons In The Home
Milton Knight returns with a look at those obscure animated home movies – made by even more obscure early animators.
Milton Knight returns with a look at those obscure animated home movies – made by even more obscure early animators.
The story of the Egyptian Frenkel Brothers – at a time when American animation, mainly Disney’s, was more than enough.
Murata was a rare animator that followed Winsor McCay’s lead: he conveyed his fantastic tales in a rather droll, dry manner.
This article is on three individuals who had long lasting impact on Brazil’s early animation – most of their films unavailable, lost or locked away in the archives.
Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo inspired cartoonists world wide. Victor Bergdahl was one of those bitten by the animation bug.
He directed the 1960s feature known here as “Gulliver’s Travels Beyond The Moon”. But his unknown early work, back in the 30s and 40s, is brilliant!
Like most early animators, Hakuzan Kimura came from a background of graphic work within the movie industry; in his case, advertising posters.
Soyuzmultfilm, the largest animation studio in Russia, is best known for its fairy tale animation. Less familiar are its cartoons produced for adult audiences which were anti-capitalist civic propaganda.
Those of us who are Baby Boomers are possibly acquainted with Russian animation without knowing it. Those elaborate, sober, drowsy cartoons with stereotyped casts of sly wolves and foxes, vulnerable…
Editor’s Note: Milton Knight returns to Cartoon Research today to shed light on one of his favorite comic book series and its artist creator, Dan Gordon – an animator who…
