Sharing the Second Side of Animation’s Picture Street
Jam Handy stressed the importance of bringing high production values and the professional skills to educational films, industrial shorts and other sponsored productions.
Pogo Special Birthday Special
Walt Kelly’s popular comic strip Pogo was turned into a network prime time TV special in 1969, with Chuck Jones as director, in the hopes it could kickstart an animated franchise like Peanuts.
UPA’s “After the Cut” (1946) and “Landing Accidents” (1946)
After the Cut and Landing Accidents were produced for the Navy. These are especially hard to come by, leaving vintage prints from the era being the only copies available.
Bugz’ Livez: Antz (Pt. 1)
No, this article’s not all about Dreamworks or Pixar. It’s summer – so I figured we need something appropriate for the season. Summer means picnics. And picnics inevitably mean – ants!
Animation Spin Special: Remembering Russi Taylor
Should Russi Taylor’s vast voice acting artistry be “Minnie-mized” with a single credit? Gosh, no! Let’s start our tribute with another iconic role she also played for years
Chuck Jones’ Inki
The Warner Brothers cartoon character Inki is unique in that he was a recurring African character, as opposed to African Americans like Bosko, L’il Eightball or the maid in “Tom and Jerry”.
Danny Kaye’s Weavie-Weavies
Walt Disney was always looking for opportunities to find additional work for his artists. One solution was supplying short animated segments for features from other movie studios.
Showing Cartoons from Your Collection To Others
Write a short note about a favorite showing you went to, or a time you showed an audience something that they really enjoyed.
Go To Hades – Part 2A (Sort of)
This week (with apologies), a potpourri of “stuff we missed” due to an inadvertent reversal in order of intended segments of this article last week.
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 Cal Arts in Valencia – teaching animation history. More about Jerry Beck [Click Here]
