Comics by Hawley Pratt
Hawley Pratt had a sporadic career in moonlighting for “funny animal” comics for James Davis’ shop, while working as a layout artist at Warners Bros. under Friz Freleng.
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Animation Anecdotes #294
“Bugs Bunny was a counter revolutionary – not a revolutionary”, said Chuck Jones. “You know, this means war!’ – that was a line of Groucho’s I could not refrain from stealing.”
Irv Spence and Rod Scribner, One-Shot Moonlighters
Irv Spence and Rod Scribner, both known for the unbridled energy of their animation, took a chance free-lancing their own “funny animal” stories for Happy Comics.
The Thanksgiving Playlist
However you celebrate Thanksgiving as a big cartoon fan, it’s always good to have a basic play list of Thanksgiving toons at your fingertips. Here’s mine.
Moonlighting Animators In Comics: Gil Turner
In the early ‘40s, while he was animating for Warner Bros., Gil Turner was one of the first artists recruited by Jim Davis to freelance in funny animal comic books.
Bugs Bunny in “What’s Up, Doc?” (1950)
The Dissociated Press (DP) is writing an upcoming story on Bugs Bunny’s show business career! See it here on this week’s breakdown…
Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1951
This is the second of a series of posts that look at the animated shorts submitted to the Academy for Oscar consideration but didn’t make the cut.
Animation Breakdown for “Svën Höek” (1992)
Who animated which scene – shot by shot? Yes, that’s right – This week’s breakdown features Ren and Stimpy, you eeeediots!
Mel Blanc: From Anonymity To Offscreen Superstar (The advent of on-screen voice credits)
Clarifying the facts behind the Mel Blanc’s exclusivity deal, and putting to rest some long-running falsehoods and wrong assumptions.
Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1948
This is the first in a new series articles I plan to regularly post that dives an little deeper into the history of the Academy Award For Best Animated Short Subject.
