We, Robots! (Part 12): H-B Goes Haywire
Hanna-Barbera LOVED robots! Following is an array from their later series, all taking their respective jumps onto the mechanical bandwagon.
Max and Dave: 1940-42: Antics, Gabby, and Something Super
In 1940, a color series featuring Gabby from Gulliver’s Travels, and a bunch of lackluster one-shot cartoons filmed in black and white.
It All Started With a Mouse… Or, In This Case, Mice: Looking Back at “The Rescuers”
After four years of production, a new generation of animators had made a film for a new generation of audiences.
Creating Pocahontas
The problematic 1995 Disney feature has, to this day, never been considered for a live action remake, Broadway musical, an animated series or any other possible uses.
The Millionaire Hobo (1939)
Yep, it’s another Scrappy cartoon. Well, sort of…
We, Robots! (Part 11): The Cartoons I DIDN’T Grow Up With
What do Astro Boy, Gigantor, Dynomutt, The Robonic Stooges and the Gobots have in common? The answer: I never watched them.
Universal-International’s “The Snow Queen” on Records
A winter sound trek with the animated feature that inspired Miyazaki, captivated the Cannes Film Festival and became a Decca album with the voice of Gidget.
Looking Into Chuck Jones’ Curiosity Shop
In 1971, Chuck Jones produced a mostly live action series that would attempt to rival Sesame Street.
Remembering Classic Mr. Magoo
An overview of the career of UPA’s greatest success.
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]
