How Do You Make a DVD or Blu-ray (especially in service to classic animation!!)?
A question I get pretty frequently is ‘How do you make one of those DVDs?’ Here’s a handy little guide to what I do.
Moonlighting Animation Artists in Comics: LARRY SILVERMAN
This week’s moonlighting animation artist in comics is Terrytoons/Famous Studios animator Larry Silverman!
Mighty Mouse’s First Adventure (Sort of) – on Records
It’s not canon! But this is how RCA Bluebird Children’s Records explained the origin of Mighty Mouse, with more than a nod or two to the origin of Superman.
Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1984
The Academy shorts branch had to sit through the Bill Melendez Betty Boop special. That ought to teach ’em for never awarding anything to Max Fleischer.
Snow White goes Spanish
If you were asked to name a country in continental Europe where Snow White might not run its appointed course, you wouldn’t necessarily think of Spain.
In His Own Words: Floyd Norman on Disney’s “The Sword in the Stone”
At a Disneyana Fan Club event last year, I got to interview Disney Legend Floyd Norman about his work on the neglected animated feature The Sword in the Stone.
Animation Anecdotes #346
Legendary animator Fred Moore died November 23rd, 1952 of injuries suffered in a car accident. Here is the obit for Moore from the Los Angeles Times.
“Somebody Toucha My Speghet!” – and the Power of Cartoon Moments
While isn’t unusual for cartoon characters to show up in an internet Meme, what is unusual is for a Terrytoon (of any kind) to show up in one.
Moonlighting Animation Artists in Comics: RAY PATIN
This week’s artist is the animator-turned successful producer of animated commercials, Ray Patin!
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]
