Fleischer Promo Art #7: “Popeye Power!”
This next installment of 1935 Paramount Sales News cartoons features some nice “color” renderings of Popeye and Betty. There’s one of those beautiful cartoony horses that Mike Barrier despises in…
The Tezuka Pro TV Specials #7: “The Three-Eyed One: The Prince of Devil Island”
The 8th annual Love Will Save the Earth TV Special – the 7th with Tezuka involvement – is one of the oddest of them all! Akuma Shima no Prince –…
More Spots Animated by Bill Littlejohn
Today we take another look at the work of the very wonderful Mister Bill Littlejohn. Always humorous, always expressive, the easy-going look of his animation often masked his enormous technical…
Animation Anecdotes #170
Scotty McTape Meets Woody Woodpecker. The plot for the Woody Woodpecker cartoon, Termites from Mars (1952) was actually adapted for a promotional giveaway comic book from Scotch tape entitled “Woody…
A “Cinema Paradiso”-style Reel – with cartoon clips!
It’s a short one today, as time hasn’t been on my side here. I do have some good things to report though: Technicolor Dreams should be back from the replicator…
In His Own Words: Ward Kimball and His Disney Pranks
Ward Walrath Kimball was born on March 14, 1914 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 1934, he joined the Disney Studios staff as an in-betweener and quickly rose in the ranks to…
Winky Dink, Howdy Doody, and You!
A musical visit with TV’s first interactive cartoon star “Winky Dink” – with a little dash of Howdy Doody, too. • NEVER-NEVER LAND (Ooh-La) / WINKY DINK AND YOU •…
Fleischer Promo Art #6: “Betty Boop Knows the Trick!”
Welcome to 1935… As Popeye points out in January 2’s panel, the public is still laffin’ at the 1934 pictures, and the hilarity would build even further. Interestingly, even though…
The Tezuka Pro TV Specials #6: “Baghi: The Monster of Mighty Nature”
Continuing our survey of the Tezuka Pro TV Specials of 1978-1989 with one of particular interest to those in “furry” fandom. Baghi: The Monster of Mighty Nature. Daishizen no Majū…
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]
