Cartoons About Cartoons (Part 24)
Magic pencils and paintbrushes abound, as characters continue to provide savvy interaction with the audience.
Magic pencils and paintbrushes abound, as characters continue to provide savvy interaction with the audience.
As another New Year kicks off, it’s the perfect time to look back at where some of the most popular characters in cartoons got their start.
Chuck Jones developed an animated pilot for the ABC network featuring the Road Runner, which ultimately became a theatrical featurette. Here’s the story.
1959 may not have been a banner year for Looney Tunes, but a question emerges: Was “Beep Beep” the studio’s actual ‘character name’ for The Road Runner?
Manny Perez was responsible for the animation of Fritz and the three girl cats in the bath tub. That short scene had over two thousand drawings.