How Chuck Jones Mastered His Craft
How did Chuck Jones become so good? Discipline, rules, and logic. In cartoons.
How did Chuck Jones become so good? Discipline, rules, and logic. In cartoons.
Co-creator Peter Laird was kind enough to answer our burning questions about the franchise. Cowabunga, dudes.
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When Chuck Jones decided to make the short film “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi,” he faced a challenge: How could he imbue the cobra-killing mongoose with a sense of personality, all without taking away from the fact that it was an animal?
"You write to please yourself. You write for the joy of writing."
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In 1935, Frank Lloyd Wright designed a house atop a waterfall in Pennsylvania.
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You know all about Disney's animated princesses, dwarves, and fairies. You might even know about his wartime propaganda cartoons. But there's one short animated short from 1946 that you might not have heard of. It's called "The Story of Menstruation," and
Having an evil twin can be a drag. They run around causing mischief and often trying to steal their innocent twin’s identity. Thankfully for us, when it comes to the realm of fiction, it's easy to tell the good twin apart from the evil one: by their hair.
On February 8, 1914, famed cartoonist Winsor McCay demonstrated before a live audience his considerable talents “controlling” Gertie, the “only dinosaur in captivity.” A theatrical release followed, with new scenes filmed to replace McCay’s live interacti
We’re all familiar with Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Porky Pig, but what about Owl Jolson, Ralph Phillips, or the Dover Boys of Pimento University?
There was a time when it seemed like a good idea to create animated spin-offs for hit live-action TV shows. That time has passed.
Children of the 1980s know few voices better than that of Chris Latta, who played the roles of both Starscream and Cobra Commander. Latta, who was sometimes credited as Christopher Collins, was a voice, stage, and screen actor who died in 1994. Here are a
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Remember that animated, professionally narrated version of Peter and the Wolf you saw as a kid? Sure you do -- somewhere in the depths of your memory, you'll probably remember this fifteen-minute Disney short from 1946. It's odd to think now that this c
Here are 13 cartoons that have been deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the National Film Preservation Board.
In 1952, Disney released the 7-minute cartoon "Applecore" featuring Donald Duck and Chip 'n Dale, the mischievous fast-talking chipmunks. In this short, Donald plays an apple farmer whose crops are being eaten by Chip 'n Dale, so Donald retaliates, only
So how's this for awesome: in 1933, animator Roland Crandall singlehandedly animated a seven-minute Betty Boop cartoon (a version of Snow White) in only six months. In 1994, animators voted the piece #19 of the 50 Greatest Cartoons of All Time. Wikiped