Happy Anniversary to Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” and Friends
Thirty years ago this month, Disney returned to its musical fairy tale roots (with a contemporary edge) and scaled heights far beyond some expectations. But we knew.
Rochester and “The Mouse That Jack Built”
The Mouse That Jack Built is a landmark of animated African American caricature, because it shows the promise of African American imaging in mainstream American animation.
In His Own Words: Ken Anderson
Ken Anderson’s official credits list such titles at Disney as art direction, art supervision, story, color, styling, layout, production, character development and more.
Halloween 2019
It’s going to be a rainy Halloween out here in Michigan. Might as well stay in and enjoy the eye candy of our annual run down of Halloween cartoon treats here on Cartoon Research.
Spacey Invaders I: Wars of the Worlds
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!
Tunes From The Merrie Melodies 1932-33 Season
By the end of the 1932-33 movie season, the film industry was seeing light at the end of the tunnel- and the Merrie Melodies continued to plug Warner’s popular published songs.
Remembering Myron Waldman: A Talk with His Sons, Bob and Steven
Myron Waldman was one of Fleischer’s most beloved animators. I recently conducted an interview with Bob and Steven Waldman about their father and I asked Jerry to share it here on Cartoon Research.
Don Bluth’s “Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera”
All about the 1990 Hanna-Barbera simulator ride at Universal Studios Florida – where guests became part of an animated adventure in a H-B cartoon.
Did Animation Get It Wrong or Right?
Many times I’ve wondered, after watching an adaptation of a comic character or book, just how they managed to get things so wrong given the fact that the original is so rich in content and character.
Jerry Beck is a writer, animation producer, college professor and author of more than 15 books on animation history. He is a former studio exec with Nickelodeon Movies and Disney, and has written for The Hollywood Reporter and Variety. He has curated cartoons for DVD and Blu-ray compilations and has lent his expertise to dozens of bonus documentaries and audio commentaries on such. Beck is currently on the faculty of CalArts in Valencia, UCLA in Westwood and Woodbury University in Burbank – teaching animation history. More about Jerry Beck [Click Here]
