Flights of Fancy (Part 12) – More Yankee Doodling
Many a cartoonist stayed well behind the lines, each winning the war single-handedly – at least with the imagery created from their drawing boards.
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Fitness vs. Fatness (Part 8): Eat, Drink, and Be Portly
The toons continued to be up to their old tricks as the ‘60’s rolled on – with many animated stars struggling to adhere to their routine diets.
Let Me Pick Your Brain! (Part 2)
More spooky, and not-so-spooky, doings this week, as we follow more animated instances of personality flip-flops between some of our favorite characters.
MGM’s “The Yankee Doodle Mouse” (1943)
Get out the firecrackers and Roman candles, it’s an Oscar-winning Tom and Jerry this week! (Yes, I’m aware it is after the Fourth of July, but it still fits the occasion.)
Animation Anecdotes #142
Animated Ziggy. Ziggy is the loveable loser lead character in a newspaper comic panel of the same name. “Ziggy” first appeared in small books from the American Greetings Company in…
Tom and Jerry Festival of Fun (1962)
1962 was an odd year for Tom & Jerry. MGM may have kicked Hanna Barbera out of their studio, but it was in ’62 that the studio decided to mount…
