Animator Breakdown: Bob Clampett’s “Porky’s Badtime Story” (1937)
One Monday morning in 1937, Bob Clampett found he now had his directorial unit – and this was his first cartoon.
Tag Archives: Warner Bros. Cartoons
Animator Breakdown: “What’s Cookin’ Doc?” (1944)
Greetings Gate! Ahh, yes – An actual breakdown of a Bob Clampett classic!
Ralph Heimdahl: A Collection for the Ages
The legacy of Ralph Heimdahl – who began drawing the Bugs Bunny comic strip in 1947, and would continue doing so until 1978.
Celebrating Tweety’s 80th Anniversary
If Warner Bros. isn’t going to recognize it, we might as well.
Animator Breakdown: “The Adventures of the Road-Runner” (1962)
Chuck Jones developed an animated pilot for the ABC network featuring the Road Runner, which ultimately became a theatrical featurette. Here’s the story.
The Satanist’s Apprenctice
Last year the CW television series Legends of Tomorrow did an episode that was part live action and part animation. In case you missed it – here’s the story.
Flights of Fancy (Part 27): What’s Way-Up, Doc?
A rundown of Warner Bros. TV Animation – on the runways.
The 80th Anniversary of “Horton Hatches the Egg”
A celebration and mini-gallery in tribute to this Clampett classic.
ANIMATOR BREAKDOWN: “Hot Cross Bunny” Redux
Bugs is a lab rabbit, being readied for an experiment to switch his characteristics into a chicken. A Robert McKimson classic!
Marketing of Animated Cartoons in the 1930s (Part 2)
Continuing my case study of the Loew’s theater chain in New York City, and how they booked their cartoon shorts – studio by studio.
