Hanna-Barbera’s “Ruff and Reddy in Space” on Record
TV’s first cat-and-dog team tangles with an evil interstellar empire on an LP based on the cartoon that launched the Hanna-Barbera animation empire.
A Chat with Ed Love
Ed Love was one of the most admired animators of cartoon shorts during Hollywood’s Golden Age, a reputation that continued on through his work in television at Hanna-Barbera.
Forgotten Japanese OVAs Part 3: “Angel’s Egg” (1985)
When Angel’s Egg came to the U.S. in unofficial fan videos in 1986, it was considered by all the anime fans to be very beautiful – but totally confusing.
Manuel Moreno, Lens to Destiny, 1935
Despite offers to work at Disney, this animation director stayed at Universal and was a driving force behind the success of the fledgling Walter Lantz studio.
Animation Anecdotes #246
Tom & Jerry Kids, Transformers, The Raccoons, Roger Rabbit, Jack Bradbury and more – in today’s Animation Anecdotes!
Don’t let the bed bugs bite! “The Flop House” (1932)
“Scrappy, the cute little early thirties cartoon character, runs his own sleazy flop house”. Whenever I see this cartoon, I think of that description.
Harman-Ising’s “Little Buck Cheeser” (1937)
Will Little Cheeser and his pals taste cheese from the moon? The animation in Little Buck Cheeser is certainly more polished than its predecessor – and here are the folks that made it.
Walt Disney’s “Snow White and the Seven Soundtrack Albums”
Whistle as we work our way through seven different editions of the classic soundtrack as released on Disneyland and Buena Vista vinyl albums from 1956 to 1987.
A Chat with Paul Fennell
Paul John Fennell is certainly no stranger to Cartoon Research readers. A veteran of Disney, Iwerks, Warner Bros., Fleischer Studios – not to mention his Cartoon Films Ltd – and later at Hanna Barbera and Filmation.
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]
