Animation In New York: A Key To The City
I began compiling a database of information on American animation studios, with hundreds of them in the New York area. Here’s some of that research.
Tag Archives: Winsor McCay
Gertie the Dinosaur Part Two
Gertie the Dinosaur might not have been officially the first animated cartoon, but it was without argument the first animated cartoon of any consequence.
“Gertie the Dinosaur” Part One
Winsor McCay drew roughly 10,000 drawings of the characters (by his own account) to make approximately five minutes of animation.
Winsor McCay’s “The Sinking of The Alpena”
Long before McCay’s famous “Sinking of The Lusitania” cartoon, another ship went down that started his professional career.
Essential Cartoons That Aren’t on Blu-ray
What are your essential films that aren’t available on Blu-ray? In high school, I was a ‘film purest’. That is, I remember arguing with a friend how the merits of…
Animation Anecdotes #217
Recreating Gertie. Last year (2014) marked the 100th anniversary of Winsor McCay’s still wonderful animated short Gertie the Dinosaur (1914). A pantheon of legendary names that represent early animation including…
Animation Anecdotes #186
Pre-Tweety. Before the creation of Tweety Bird in 1942, Bob Clampett had done sketches of two newly hatched baby birds who were to be named “Twick’n’Tweet”. In existence is a…
