Tag: Hanna Barbera
‘101 Dalmatians’ Color Stylist Peregoy Dies
Walt Peregoy, who worked as the the legendary color stylist on Disney's classic feature 101 Dalmatians, died Friday, according to the official D23 Twitter...
‘Fritz’ Animator, Director Taylor Dies
Animator Robert Taylor – best known as the animator on Ralph Bakshi's original Fritz the Cat feature and director and animator of its sequel...
$100k ‘Snow White’ Cels Among Animation Auction Lots
Profiles in History will be presenting an auction of significant pieces by legendary studios at its Animation Art Auction, taking place December 18-19. Among...
Turner Rebrands Boomerang
Turner Broadcasting has announced it will be re-launching its kids brand Boomerang as a worldwide, all-animation, youth-targeted network, featuring a line-up up classic and...
UPA Artist David Weidman Dies
David Weidman, the animation and silkscreen artist who helped shape UPA's mid-century modern style in classic cartoons, died last Wednesday at age 93 in...
The Early Hanna-Barbera, a la Benedict
San Diego Comic Con is once more upon us, offering a virtual Roman coliseum packed with all things pop culture. For baby boomer toonheads,...
Books We Love – Issue #241
Genius Animated: The Cartoon Art of Alex Toth
By Dean Mullaney and Bruce Canwell
Accustomed as we are to a steady release of animation art books,...
Bob Hastings, Voice in DC Toons, Dies at 89
Bob Hastings, a veteran radio and animation voice actor best known for his roles in various DC Comics cartoons and in sitcoms McHale's Navy...
Building a Better Godzilla
Effects crew emphasizes the drama in the classic monster design for director Gareth Edwards' reboot of Japan's most famous feature creature.
Director Gareth Edwards' transition...
WB Plans ‘Flintstones’ Feature
Warner Bros. will be taking theater goers back to the Stone Age with a full-length animated feature adventure starring everyone's favorite caveman clan: The...
Animation Block Presents: The Frederator Retrospective
Back when the Animation Block Party film festival was a curly haired infant, I had a day job managing the School of Visual Arts...
A Tale of Two Walts
This weekend is the 20th anniversary of the passing of Walter Lantz, creator — or at least producer and sometime director — of Woody...
Longtime Animator ‘Lefty’ Callahan, 84, Dies
Oliver Edward "Lefty" Callahan, who had a long career in animation ranging from MGM theatrical shorts to pretty much every show made by Hanna...
Sheriff Callie Saves the Day!
Disney Junior's delightful new preschool show introduces a great cast of eccentric Western characters, while teaching young'uns about social ethics and manners.
A kid's never...
The Jurassic Beasts Are Back!
Walking with Dinosaurs puts a family feature spin on BBC's acclaimed CG-animated documentaries about the Jurassic giants.
Audiences have had a love affair with animated...
Scooby-Doo Teams Up with WWE in New Movie
Scooby-Doo and his loyal mystery-solving pals are getting into WrestleMania! That's right the popular Hanna-Barbera characters are joining forces with WWE in a new...
Heritage to Auction Off Rare ‘Peanuts’ Art
Rare original animation art from the first TV appearance by Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts characters will be offered at the Beverly Hills' Heritage Auctions...
Animation’s Legendary (Semi-) Lost Film
Genuinely lost films in feature animation are so rare as to qualify as unique, but there is at least one: Hanna-Barbera's Rock Odyssey. Intended...
Old Visitor from Another Planet
One of the themes of the 2013 Comic-Con, which ended last week, was the 75th anniversary of the most popular space alien of American...
Goodbye, Dali
It has been 10 years now since the release of the longest-in-production film in history, Disney's animated short Destino. Begun in 1945 as a...
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