Tee Hee Meets the Eames
I was digging around for some UPA photos the other day when I stumbled onto this photo that I’d labeled “Tee Hee and visitors.” Tee Hee …
Cartoon Modern
TV Cartoon Explains Politics to Kids
This 1961 episode of Tales of the Wizard of Oz harkens back to a time when animation writers didn’t speak down to kids. It’s a perfect …
2012 Animation Book Preview
The future of animation books, like the rest of the publishing industry, isn’t rosy. Page counts and print runs are shrinking, and …
The Fabulous Firework Family (1959)
Over at Bob Shea and Lane Smith’s wonderful Curious Pages blog, they’ve posted the classic Jim Flora children’s book, The Fabulous …
1955 UPA article
Sam Henderson has uploaded a rare, heavily illustrated article about UPA on his Magic Whistle blog. The article, by Catherine Sullivan, …
Boris Gorelick Circus Mural on eBay
I don’t post links to eBay items frequently, but I can’t resist pointing out this huge, stunning Fifties silkscreen mural by Boris …
Films by Malcolm Sutherland
A couple years back, Montreal-based animator Malcolm Sutherland picked up a copy of my book Cartoon Modern at the Ottawa International …
Format Films in TV Guide (1961)
Internet broadcaster Stu Shostak has an almost complete collection of TV Guide magazine. While waiting for his radio show to start (which …
A Little Love: The Art of Bill Melendez
Check out this self-produced mini-doc by writer Matt Zoller Seitz about Peanuts director Bill Melendez – covering his artistic roots, …
Bass+Crippen+Freberg=”Sale of Manhattan”
The animation above aired on the 1962 ABC special “Stan Freberg Presents The Chun King Chow Mein Hour: Salute to the Chinese New Year.” …
The Cartoon Modern YouTube Playlist
Since Cartoon Modern was published a few years ago, the most frequently asked question I’ve received about the book is, “Where’s the …
The Whimsical Work of David Weidman and Also Some Serious Ones
If you appreciate good design and color work, then you’ll want to add the new hardcover publication The Whimsical Work of David Weidman …
The Twelve Animated Days of Christmas, #9
Today’s entry from the UK is more curio than classic: the 1959 Halas and Batchelor cartoon The Christmas Visitor, directed by John Halas, …
Rare Commercials by Tex Avery, Ed Benedict and Tom Oreb
YouTube user ‘VidResidue’ has uploaded a couple of rare 1950s animated commercials worth sharing. The first is a Kool-Aid spot directed …
The Twelve Animated Days of Christmas, #1
The “twelve days of Christmas” technically begin after Christmas Day, but we’re starting them early. Every day between now and Christmas, …
Walt Peregoy and Fernand Léger
Oswald Iten’s blog Colorful Animation Expressions offers a nice post about the influence of Fernand Léger on Walt Peregoy, the color …
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