I run this short in my animation history class every year; Jerry runs it in his class at Cal Arts as well. One of the most unusual of the Gene Deitch Terrytoons – a time period of unusual Terrytoons.
Since the school has been so exhausting here, I was thinking about what are good cartoons to relax by. Here’s tonight’s list.
There’s a lot of cartoons I really like, but when it comes right down to it, there’s often brilliant *moments* that are especially great. Here’s my list.
This is a special post to announce this blog’s new 5-posts-a-week policy. Plus information on cartoons being presented at UCLA’s 2019 Festival of Preservation.
This week’s column is sort of an addendum to my essay last week. More on Helen Carroll and the singers I’ve dubbed “The Terrytones”.
A little about Helen Carroll and the Satisfiers – a vocal group heard on some of the Terrytoons cartoons of the 1940’s and 1950’s.
Since it’s the 4th of July, it seems like it’s a good time to rerun a patriotic favorite… one of the NANCY cartoons, produced by Terrytoons in the early 40’s.
A celebration of the actor who provided the voice (and over 50 others) for the beloved animated hero, as well as countless records for which he received little credit.
Animation pioneer Paul Terry jotted down his animation secrets in a rarely seen 24 page booklet – and I’ve posted the whole thing here for you to enjoy.
Animator drafts from East Coast studios are relatively scarce. And yet, here is a rare find: an animation draft from a 1938 Terrytoon (the first page, that is!).
