Tag Archives: Michael Maltese

Animation History

June 14, 2021 posted by Jerry Beck

Lost Warner Bros. Original Titles

Here, feast your eyes on these: a selection of rarely seen Looney Tunes title cards and credits.

Animation Trails

June 17, 2020 posted by Charles Gardner

Bugz Livez – Chapter Two: Fleaz (Pt. 3)

With character design running the gamut from mere black dots to miniature sensual humanized chorus girls, we continue our weekly survey of toons focusing on the common flea.

Animation History

May 7, 2018 posted by Jerry Beck

Warner Club News (1956) – Part 1

Receiving the Oscar in March 1956, “Speedy Gonzales” won for best cartoon short of 1955 – and here are some clues on how it and why it was submitted.

Animation History

April 30, 2018 posted by Jerry Beck

Warner Club News (1955) – Part 2

The Looney Tunes staff moves into a new building on the lot – and Gerry Chiniquy was a child movie actor named Monte Clare?

Animation History

April 23, 2018 posted by Jerry Beck

Warner Club News (1955) – Part 1

A splice of cartoon life! This week, the first half of 1955, with these chatty columns from the Warner Bros. Cartoon Department

Animation History

March 26, 2018 posted by Jerry Beck

Warner Club News (1951)

Once again, we take a peek behind the scenes of the Warner Bros. Cartoon Department via the monthly columns in the in-house studio newsletter.

Animation History

February 19, 2018 posted by Jerry Beck

Warner Club News (1946)

First the bad news – USC only has three months of Warner Club News for us in 1946. The good news: there’s lots of odd stuff for us to decipher among these few pages.

Animation History

February 12, 2018 posted by Jerry Beck

Warner Club News (1945)

Once again we present another six months of columns devoted to the Warner Bros. Cartoon Department, written by either Warren Foster, Tedd Pierce or Michael Maltese back in the day.