Walter Lantz “The Rabbit Hunt” (1938)
From the little period at the Lantz studio where the animation was, at times, really swimmy – especially true of the cartoons that Les Kline directed.
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Homer Pigeon in “Pigeon Holed” (1956)
Homer the Pigeon goes Mr. Magoo in this cartoon while looking for an eye doctor.
Hair Apparent: The 80th Anniversary of Woody Woodpecker in “The Barber of Seville”
Culhane’s 1944 cartoon is a dizzying display of cartoon comedy and animation artistry.
Covering “Woody Woodpecker”
The first song from a cartoon to be nominated for an Academy Award. Here’s a few tracks you should know.
Walter Lantz “The Dog that Cried Wolf” (1953)
The odd take where the dog’s skin peels up to reveal his skeleton really stuck with me when I was a kid.
Early Andy Panda in Comics
To celebrate the new year, I thought it would be worth spending our day off perusing the early comic book exploits of this Walter Lantz favorite.
“The Other Duck Man” – Part 2
Part 2 of Jim Korkis’ 1984 interview with Disney Legend Jack Hannah.
Willie Wildcat in “Problem Child” (1938)
Lantz may have the best record of almost completely forgettable characters in the late 30s.
The End of the Silver Age of Animation
In 1973 the dearth of new offerings and the innovations in repackaging old ones for theaters set the tone for the remainder of the Bronze Age.
Hank Ketcham and Animation
Most people do not recall that cartoonist Ketcham got his start working at Walter Lantz and later at Disney before he entered the Navy in 1942.
