Card Catalog: Redesigning an Icon or Getting Mickey’s Ears Lowered
This month we take a look at books highlighting the many, sometimes drastic, changes of Mickey Mouse.
The Closing of The Terrytoon Studio
The closing of the Terrytoons studio in New Rochelle was big news.
A Spy’s Tail: The 60th Anniversary of “Secret Squirrel”
The original Secret Squirrel show stands as a great example of what Hanna-Barbera did best.
Little Boy Blue: Using a Cinecolor Print for Color Reference
Cinecolor has its ups and downs for sure — but it’s sure fun to revisit old Castle Films Iwerks cartoons in Cinecolor!
Calypso!
A tribute to a genre of music, which, while it only showed up rarely in cartoons, made its mark in memory – and animation history.
Columbia’s Musical “Gems”: 1936-37
The Columbia cartoons were now showcasing the best artwork they had done to date; and Joe De Nat’s musical scores weren’t bad either.
Scatman Crothers and “Coonskin”
In 1973 Scatman Crothers made a leap from Saturday morning kidvid to Ralph Bakshi’s R-rated features.
Happy Birthday, Scatman Crothers!
A salute to Benjamin Sherman Crothers’ legendary career on the live stage, on screen, but particularly in animation and recordings.
What Is Your “Best Year In Cartoons?”
I thought it might be fun for both Jerry and I to list some of ‘our’ favorite years in animation.
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]
