Cartoons About Cartoons (Part 12)
All our action this week is centered upon four characters, all installments containing self-winks to the illustrated media.
Tag Archives: Bugs Bunny
Cartoons About Cartoons (Part 11)
Another batch of animated eccentricities, all featuring characters that are well aware they are in a cartoon.
Cartoons About Cartoons (Part 10)
1943 continued to abound in self-conscious cartoons, ever aware of their theatrical venue.
Cartoons About Cartoons (Part 7)
Some behind the scenes at Disney, a new franchise for Goofy, and the debut of Walter Lantz’s most durable personality.
Cartoons About Cartoons (Part 6)
More interactive screen madness from Tex Avery, Friz Freleng, and efforts to keep up from Terrytoons and Screen Gems.
Top Ten Lists in the Waning Years of the Theatrical Cartoon
I’ve always wanted to write about the annual top ten lists that Motion Picture Herald used to have for short subjects – and now I have.
Hare Raising Tale: The 70th Anniversary of “Bewitched Bunny” and Witch Hazel
The giddy, cackling, and fiendishly funny Witch Hazel made her debut seventy years ago this month in a 1954 Bugs Bunny cartoon.
Triple Threat: Bugs, Daffy, Elmer in “Rabbit Fire”
A tribute to the first of what has become affectionately referred to as “The Hunting Trilogy”.
In The Beginning…
Today we reflect back on “beginnings,” specifically those of their favorite (and most iconic) classic animated characters.
In the Center Ring (Part 11)
This week’s animated offerings range from a classic Bugs Bunny, myopic Magoo madness, to a double-dose of Tom and Jerry.
