New York Animation: The Many Incarnations of Mutt & Jeff Studios
The popular animated duo of the teens and twenties – and the many hands that worked on their films.
The Satanist’s Apprenctice
Last year the CW television series Legends of Tomorrow did an episode that was part live action and part animation. In case you missed it – here’s the story.
Updates, Eyvind Earle Restoration Project, and “The Tuba Tooter” (1932)
Devon Baxter did the clean up on this print – and suggested it would make a good Thunderbean Thursday post, so I’m taking him up on that! He did an absolutely great job.
Flights of Fancy (Part 27): What’s Way-Up, Doc?
A rundown of Warner Bros. TV Animation – on the runways.
Max and Dave: Color Classics 1936-37:
This season of Color Classics boasted an improved palette, now that the exclusive hold on the 3-strip Technicolor process had been broken.
How the “The Pogo Birthday Special” was Made with Chuck Jones and June Foray
Views of the TV special that didn’t satisfy anyone, particularly Walt Kelly.
In His Own Words: Dave Tendlar on Superman
Tendlar worked not only on the Fleischer Superman cartoons, but on the character for Filmation and Hanna-Barbera. Here’s what he said about that.
A Kinex Studio’s missing link: “Down in Mexico” (1929)
Down in Mexico provided an interesting missing link in how Kinex was animating and techniques being used.
Flights of Fancy (Part 26): Disney in the Modern Era – To Insanity, and Beyond!
From Mickey Mouse in “Plane Crazy” to Ludwig Von Drake, the Rescuers and the Disneytoon “Planes” – Disney never gave up on its characters in the air.
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]
