Cartoons Considered For An Academy Award – 1948
This is the first in a new series articles I plan to regularly post that dives an little deeper into the history of the Academy Award For Best Animated Short Subject.
Tag Archives: Tex Avery
A Chat with Ed Love
Ed Love was one of the most admired animators of cartoon shorts during Hollywood’s Golden Age, a reputation that continued on through his work in television at Hanna-Barbera.
Tex Avery Under the Razor, 1934
Usually when Lantz got summoned by Henry Henigson, he had to sit around and watch this studio executive get shaved, but then came a surprise call about Tex Avery.
Tex Avery Chills and Thrills, 1955
There is even more to this Legend of Rockabye Point than at first meets the eye. Decades later, follow a runaway holiday balloon to learn a new secret about the man who gave us Chilly Willy.
Tex Avery Loses an Eye, 1933
This was a gruesome incident that gets whispered about in the annals of Golden Age animation, so perhaps it is time to point a forensic lens at that devastating paperclip…
Ed Benedict Draws a Smoke, 1933
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first of a new series of columns that will appear here twice a month (on Saturdays) that will delve into the archives of Walter Lantz…
Tex Avery’s “Blitz Wolf” (1942)
Today this week, it’s time for Tex Avery, a man whose credit is synonymous with divine magnificence. This is the only draft from Tex’s career I know of at the…
Animation Anecdotes #192
Two Greatest Disney Animation Scenes. In 1980, renowned writer Ray Bradbury wrote the following for the “The Moving Image” catalog, “I claim that the two finest pieces of film ever…
Animation Anecdotes #189
The Animated Hair. In the cartoon “Magical Maestro” (1952), an annoying hair pops up at the bottom of the frame which was common when films were projected. However, this was…
Animation Anecdotes #188
Unusual Clampett Credits. While most of animation legend Bob Clampett’s credits are for Warners cartoons and Beany and Cecil, here are a few unusual credits on his resume that he…
