Frank Welker Takes a Spin as the Easter Bunny
Easter may have been last Sunday, but Frank Welker’s vast voice work is never done–so let’s hop over to a little-known Welker work in which he plays a beleaguered bunny.
Ten Books For Spring
Ten new animation books for Spring reading have shown up at my door. Here’s my quick reviews.
The Death of Fred Moore
Fred Moore was a natural animator – he also had a reputation as a “functioning” alcoholic. His passing in 1952 has always been a source of some controversy.
Nitrate Unboxing, April 17, 2019
Forget the Mueller Report! Today Steve Stanchfield received a box of nitrate cartoons from UCLA and we are there to watch him unbox them!
Animation Profiles: PETE BURNESS
This week, we present another animator/director with an extensive cartooning career, Pete Burness!
Changes All Around
By the mid-fifties, live-action films and TV were providing more of Disney’s revenue – and hit songs – than the animated features.
Larry Harmon Explains It All
In the 1960s producer Larry Harmon wrote a regular column for The Hollywood Reporter about his thoughts and plans for his animation empire. Here are several of those columns.
Secrets of Jonny Quest
Hanna-Barbera’s original Jonny Quest animated prime time series is a classic and its characters are iconic – and yet there are still things to be discovered about it.
The Flip the Frog Project, part 2: Clean-up & the term “Restoration”
So many of the Flip The Frog master elements look really excellent, and the restoration effort on this particular set is perhaps my biggest. Here’s an update.
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]
