Tag: Chuck Jones
Celebrate Bugs Bunny’s 85th Birthday at the Hollywood Bowl This Weekend
For animation lovers, classical music often goes hand in hand with Looney Tunes classics. Whether it’s Bugs and Elmer Fudd acting out Rossini’s Barber...
It Was 30 Years Ago… A Look Back at the Eventful Year 1995 in Animation History
For Animation Magazine's milestone 350th issue, we hopped in our toon time machine to revisit some of the major animation events of 1995!
February 13...
To Life Draw or Not to Life Draw, That Is an Animator’s Question
‘In my 50 years as a professional, of the hundreds of artists I have encountered, only two were Mozarts — gifted from the cradle. All...
Animation History Steals the Show in $4M Glad Museum Auction at Heritage
Heritage now claims the six most successful animation art auctions ever held, with the addition of its latest four-day event which wrapped up on...
WB Animation, Cartoon Network & Hanna-Barbera Studios Unveil Annecy Plans
Warner Bros. Animation (WBA), Cartoon Network Studios (CNS) and Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe (HBSE) will return to the Annecy International Animation Film Festival with a...
Catchy Comedy Presents Best of ‘Looney Tunes’ Marathon (EXCLUSIVE)
The Catchy Comedy Network gets animated with a very special weekend marathon of classic Looney Tunes cartoons: The Catchy Binge: The Best of Looney...
Bugs Bunny at the Symphony Returns to Mexico with Four-City Fall Tour
Following a sold-out engagement last February at Guadalajara’s Conjunto Santander de Artes Escénica, Bugs Bunny at the Symphony is returning to Mexico with a...
Producer, Storyboard Artist & Filmmaker Ken Mundie Dies at 97
Animation producer and storyboard artist Kenneth Douglas Mundie died on April 3 from natural causes. He was 97. The prolific artist was best known...
HBO Max Axes 250+ ‘Looney Tunes’ Cartoons, ‘The Flintstones’ S4-6
Family animation continues to feel the brunt of post-merger Warner Bros. Discovery's write-down efforts and content cuts. As of December 31, HBO Max has...
Emmy-Winning Art Director Alan Bodner on ‘Mickey Mouse Funhouse’ and the Timeless Appeal of Uncle Walt’s Characters
We have a special treat for you today to help celebrate Mickey’s 94th birthday (the popular mascot made his debut in Steamboat Willie on Nov....
Carl Bell, Animator Who Touched All Corners of the Industry, Has Died
News is circulating in the Hollywood animation community that animator Carl Angus Bell — a prolific artist whose 41-year career carried him across diverse...
Disney Icon John Musker Tells Us about His New Class at Chapman University
We all know acclaimed director John Musker as the man who helmed Disney classics such as The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, Hercules, Treasure Planet and...
Making Art without Distraction: How Nicolás Villarreal Clicked with ‘On/Off’
***This article was written for the January '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 316)***
Nicolás Villarreal’s new short On/Off has been receiving great reviews and...
‘Anvils, Mallets & Dynamite’: The Walky Talky Philosophy of Foghorn Leghorn
The following is an excerpt from the new book Anvils, Mallets & Dynamite: The Unauthorized Biography of Looney Tunes © 2021 by Jaime Weinman....
Lord of the Louds: Dave Needham Talks Us Through His Directorial Debut ‘The Loud House Movie’
In Nickelodeon Animation's upcoming Netflix Original The Loud House Movie, put-upon only brother Lincoln Loud discovers he is the sole heir to the Scottish...
Autonomous Animator: 2D or Not 2D
When producing a movie, music video, commercial or personal project, and the decision to use animation within said production is made, how do you...
Heritage Animation Auction Tops Another Record with $4.5M Event
Biographer John Canemaker once wrote that Mary Blair's conceptual paintings for such films as Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan and Cinderella were "as delicious...
Largest ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Selection Ever Highlights Heritage Summer Animation Auction
The largest collections of one-of-a-kind production cels from the 1959 classic Sleeping Beauty, as well as animation drawings, storyboards, concept art, backgrounds, model sheets...
She Means Business! ‘The Boss Baby’ Sequel Introduces a Charming New Executive Infant
There’s a new Boss Baby in town. She’s clever, cute, fearless and voiced by Amy Sedaris. That’s pretty much all you need to know...
‘Monsters at Work’: Bobs Gannaway Shares a Few Secrets About His New Disney+ Show
Tylor Tuskmon is an eager young monster who has to learn how to become a jokester when he lands a job at Monsters, Inc....
ADVERTISEMENT
NEWSLETTER
CONTEST
Win 'Grave of the Fireflies' LE SteelBook!
ADVERTISEMENT
