We, Robots! (Part 3) – Unfinished Business
It’s time to return to the subject of cartoons featuring robots, and the advances of mechanization into the war years.
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We, Robots! – Part 2: The 30’s – Of Title Bouts and Technocrats
The earliest cartoon robot man appears in the Van Buren Aesop’s Fable talkie The Iron Man. Here’s a survey of all robot men in the 1930s.
We, Robots!: Part 1 – The 20’s and 30’s – Animal Automatons
A favorite turf for early animators was to fill a farm with scads of funny animals. So why not adapt it to include funny animal robots too?
American Animated Westerns
I have recently listed four French Lucky Luke animated Western theatrical features. This does not include the Lucky Luke animated TV series (which will be here next week). This has…
The “Real” Giant Robots
Those waiting for my column on Anime Fandom in North America, part 3, can take this as half of it; the half on “real robots”. The other half, on teenagers…
More Giant Robots!
Don’t think that all of the giant robot TV cartoons were created by Go Nagai. He may have invented them, but others quickly jumped onto the, er, giant robots. The…
Exit Bosko… “So Long, Folks!”
Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising were about to leave – and taking the studio’s most popular character with them. Here is Warner’s last batch of Boskos.
In the Center Ring (Part 24)
More circus memorabilia from the 1960’s, with an emphasis on anime, Joe Oriolo and Hal Seeger.
Why Wasn’t There a KISS Cartoon?
It seems there were multiple attempts – so let’s take a look at what might have been, as well as what actually was.
Jack Kirby at Ruby-Spears
Kirby’s time at Ruby-Spears provided him financial and medical security and allowed him to explore endless concepts including humor.
