The Bosko Comic Strip – Part 1
Way back when, on my old Lost Warner Bros. Original Titles page, I posted two rare examples of the 1934 Bosko comic strip (or perhaps better described as a “comic…
More Indian Animation 2
Once again, another column devoted to the constantly growing animation industry (and fandom) in India. These stories are culled from the October 2013 posts of India’s online industry newsletter, Animation…
Commercials Animated by Art Babbitt
Art Babbitt is an animator who needs no introduction, so naturally I’m writing one anyways. Babbitt was very active in the field of animated adverts during television’s golden age. Like…
Animation Anecdotes #145
Charlie Chaplin and Walter Lantz. Actor Charlie Chaplin was an influence on Walt Disney but also on Walter Lantz. Lantz told an interviewer: “What I used to do was project…
“PM Picnic” (1948)
“PM is pleasing millions with it’s clear, clean taste.” I had a post a while back that was about Alcohol in cartoons- I should have included this back then, but…
“Dr. Slump and Arale”
Compared to most shows I have written about, Dr. Slump isn’t exactly the most obscure. After all, it was created by Akira Toriyama, who would have an even bigger success…
Walt Disney’s “Alice In Wonderland”
The much-heralded 1951 release of Walt Disney’s Alice in Wonderland became a collector’s bonanza that includes these RCA Victor records that were the closest thing to experiencing the movie in…
Toons of the Orient 3: East Steals West
Probably because their films were unlikely to be seen in America, 1930s Japanese animators of the 1930s freely “borrowed” drawings and characters from American sources. Sometimes Popeye or Mickey Mouse…
Out Of The Computer: The Mainframe Story
Back on my post of December 15th, in his comments on the Christmas CGI DVD movie Casper’s Haunted Christmas, reader Shane Skekel said, “I remember seeing that Mainframe/Rainmaker Casper special…
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, UCLA in Westwood and Woodbury University in Burbank – teaching animation history. More about Jerry Beck [Click Here]
