PBS Admits That It Published Fake History Of Betty Boop’s Creation
The broadcaster promoted the idea that Betty Boop was based on a Black child performer named Esther Jones.
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King Features Signs Over A Dozen New Licensing Deals For Betty Boop
Betty Boop merchandise is expanding into new international territories and new merchandise categories.
Australian Studio Animal Logic Will Expand to Vancouver, Hire 300 People
The studio behind “The Lego Movie” is growing in a big way.
Marilyn Monroe Set To Become Chinese Cartoon Star
The Chinese are turning the Hollywood sex symbol into a CGI cartoon character called Mini Marilyn.
New ‘Clarence’ Episode Will Pay Tribute to Fleischer Studios
Clarence is headed back to the 1920s.
Book Review: ‘Anime Fan Communities’ by Sandra Annett
I regret starting this review on a negative note, but it should be said that “Anime Fan Communities” is not the most accurately-titled book. Author Sandra Annett takes international anime fandom as her starting point, but she ends up engaging with a much wider range of topics.
Betty Boop Film Planned by Simon Cowell and Animal Logic
What do you get when you cross a British reality TV show host, the studio that made “Happy Feet,” and an 84-year-old cartoon sex symbol? You may not have to wait long to find out.
Turkey Has Betty Boop Paper Towels
If the measure of a civilization is what it prints on its paper towels, then Turkey currently has the most advanced civilization on this planet. Behold, the Betty Boop paper towel.
Betty Boop And Popeye In Europe
Classic American cartoon characters pop up throughout Europe in unexpected ways. A couple examples from my recent trip: Betty Boop …
Europe Uses Classic Cartoon Characters to Sell Women’s Cosmetics
French comics artist/animator Joann Sfar created this brand new, somewhat bizarre animated promo for Lancome Cosmetics. Betty Boop stars …
Get Well, Myron Waldman!
Here’s a treat for Fleischer Studio aficionados. In 1935, animator Myron Waldman went to the hospital to have his appendix out. The …
Rose McGowan as Betty Boop
First it was Alvin and the Chipmunks, then Yogi Bear. Once again, Hollywood has its way with animation history… (Thanks, Thad K. …
Who owns Betty Boop?
Apparently the Fleischer estate has lost a court battle for the rights to Betty Boop, a character created by Grim Natwick at Max …
Betty Boop Fest to honor Grim Natwick
This weekend in Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Rapids Betty Boop Festival will celebrate its native son: Myron “Grim” Natwick, the designer and …
Betty Boop filmstrip
Here’s a curio: a 1930s vintage toy projector slide show, featuring Max Fleischer’s Betty Boop, Koko and Bimbo in a new adventure in the …
Betty Boop Lottery Tix
Looks like Betty Boop has returned to her pre-Code roots… gambling! Dave Filipi (Film Curator of Wexner Center for the Arts in …
Betty Boop Broadway Bound?
The New York Times, Playbill and several other news sources are reporting on plans, just announced, for a Betty Boop musical supposedly …
Betty Boop: Latino Icon
Apparently lots of Latino people think they look like Betty Boop. This article in Swindle Magazine discusses the popularity of the …
Betty Boop and Felix
Does anyone remember this short lived comic strip (1984-1988) by The Walker Brothers (Brian, Morgan, Greg, and Neal, the sons of Beetle …
Boop-Oop-A-Doop Juice
At last night’s ASIFA-Hollywood board meeting, Steve Worth handed me a can of
Art Deco In Animation Presentation
The American Cinematheque and the Art Deco Society are presenting a lecture by David Pacheco, Walt Disney Art Classics creative art …
Betty Boop Slept Here
Fleischer Studios made arguably the funniest cartoons of the 1920s and ’30s — and they made them, from 1923 through 1938, in studio …
Bernard Wolf (1911-2006)
Animation veteran Berny Wolf died last week at the age of 95. He had incredible success in the field, with work ranging from pioneering …
TOBY BLUTH DOES POPEYE & BETTY BOOP
The Great American Ink animation gallery in Brentwood, CA has commissioned animation artist and director Toby Bluth (brother of Don) to …
A Sequence from the unproduced Betty Boop feature
Animation director Steve Moore, who previously posted Duane Crowther’s long-lost student film BLUM BLUM, has posted another amazing …
MYRON WALDMAN 1908-2006
We’ve just received word that animator and director Myron Waldman died Saturday morning, Feb. 4, at the age of 97 at Long Island …
MAE QUESTEL INTERVIEW
Not the greatest interview but it’s short – and fun to listen to. Mae Questel (Betty Boop, Olive Oyl, Little Audrey, et al) recorded at a …
HOOTERS HIRES BETTY BOOP
Just when you thought King Features couldn’t sink any lower – they do this.(Link to Mark Evanier’s News From ME)
HOW BETTY BOOP GETS THAT WAY
Digging through the archives today, I came across this two page article from a coverless magazine (I have no idea what publication or …
HAL SEEGER (1917-2005)
We’ve just learned that animator Hal Seeger passed away on March 13th at age 87.Seeger got his start as an assistant animator at the …
RICHARD FLEISCHER’S NEW BOOK
Coming in June will be the publication of Richard Fleischer’s new book, OUT OF THE INKWELL, Max Fleischer and the Animation Revolution …
“I’m Betty Boop, and I Approved This Message…”
(From POPEYE FOR PRESIDENT, 1956) I scarcely need remind anyone that today is one of the most important days in the history of American …
BETTY BOOP CAFE
If you happen to be driving through St. Martin, Minnesota you should grab a cup of coffee at the new Betty Boop themed resturant, Dizzy …
