On Saturday, we reviewed the recent Blu-ray release of Cartoon Roots, a phenomenal collection of early animated shorts. The mastermind behind the compilation, animation historian and avid collector Tommy José Stathes, graciously spoke with us about the […]
J. Stuart Blackton. J.R. Bray. Raoul Barré. The Fleischer brothers. Otto Messmer. Paul Terry. These names may not be all that recognizable today, but even the most casual observer of popular culture can see the […]
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of The Lusitania. After the phenomenal success of Gertie the Dinosaur (1914), cartoonist Winsor McCay realized that he had found his passion in animation, and he was eager […]
Edgar Allan Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart (1843) is a chilling piece of short fiction, providing a look into madness through the eyes of a narrator who believes himself to be perfectly sane. Though intriguing in its own […]
When Tex Avery began directing animated shorts at Warner Bros. in 1935, he jumped headlong into a demanding production schedule. Though Avery’s was not the only unit producing cartoons for the Warner studio–two other units […]
As recounted in Stefan Kanfer’s history of animation, Serious Business (1997), early in 1933, Walt Disney gave a personal tour of the Disney animation studio to movie star Mary Pickford. Disney was considering making a live-action version […]
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