Carl Bell, Animator And Champion Of The Art Form, Dies At 91
From Sesame Street to She-Ra and Beany & Cecil to Beauty and the Beast, Carl Bell worked on countless classics.
From Sesame Street to She-Ra and Beany & Cecil to Beauty and the Beast, Carl Bell worked on countless classics.
As things stand, the festival will hold an IRL edition in Croatia in June.
Even as she built up an impressive career working with the likes of Ralph Bakshi, Hanna-Barbera, and Warner Bros., Banks remained very private about her life.
The legendary animation director speaks about his last feature, “Cool World,” which turns 25 years old this month.
In the cheap glitter and glow of a fading Coney Island a group of characters live out their sordid, strange lives trying to get somewhere fast—any way they can.
In many ways, Beagle’s story — an artist, taken in by a con artist — is as classic as his writing.
The outspoken animation legend speaks with Cartoon Brew about his new film “The Last Days of Coney Island” and other topics.
The renegade animation director will debut the project online on his 77th birthday.
Women don’t receive the same opportunities as men do in animation, and they’re finally speaking out about it.
These cartoonists stood up against intimidation and fought for their right to freedom of expression. Let us celebrate their victories.
We rarely see “Peace On Earth” alongside more traditionally revered holiday standards like “A Charlie Brown Christmas” or “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”—but we really should.
What can we learn about the animation industry from this photo of the animation crew from “Lord of the Rings”?
Ralph Bakshi pulled himself away from his drawing desk in New Mexico to chat with Cartoon Brew about his legacy, his latest project “The Last Days of Coney Island,” which he recently funded on Kickstarter, and what he really thinks about the computer’s role in animation these days.
The taboo-shattering counterculture films of seventy-five-year-old animation legend Ralph Bakshi will be the subject of a retrospective this May in his childhood home of Brooklyn, New York.
Beginning next Thursday and continuing through January 25, the American Cinematheque in Los Angeles will present the film series “Animation for Adults.”
Earlier this year, we celebrated the 25th anniversary of “Who Framed Roger Rabbit.” This month we celebrate the 25th anniversary of Ralph Bakshi’s holiday special “Christmas in Tattertown,” which premiered December 21, 1988 on Nickelodeon. The two projects are not entirely unrelated. Bakshi credited the success of “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” as the reason that he was able to get “Tattertown” greenlit for production.
Happy birthday to the animation world’s favorite badass, Ralph Bakshi, who turns 75 today.
Whether it be for lack of budget or a desire to take center stage, TV series creators lending their own voices to their animated …
“Animation is a young man’s game,” Chuck Jones once said. There’s no question that animation is a labor-intensive art that requires mass …
The answer may surprise you.
It all kicks off on September 27th at New York’s Museum of Art and Design (aka MAD) with a screening of the works of James and John …
First staged in 1976, the Ottawa International Animation Festival is no spring chicken. Only the animation festivals in Annecy (France) …
Two things we never imagined together courtesy of artist Jeaux Janovsky: Disney’s upcoming film Wreck-It Ralph and Ralph Bakshi …
Somebody recently posted (in four parts) the entire British Channel 4 TV program Cartoons Kick Ass. This special was taped in 2000 and as …
If you live in Southern California and ever wanted to meet Ralph Bakshi, this week you have your chance – twice! First, on Thursday …
As blu-ray catches on with consumers, more and more vintage animation is getting a hi-def make-over. Disney has been releasing its …
Just found out about this great interview with Ralph Bakshi that appeared in BOMB magazine. It’s available to read on-line. Smart …
Drawing by Jeaux Janovsky Happy birthday to animation’s original bad boy, Ralph Bakshi, who turns 72 today! His attitude towards …