Jerry Beck

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Writer, cartoon producer and author of more than 15 books on animation history. A former studio exec with Nickelodeon and Disney; currently on the faculty at both CalArts in Valencia and Woodbury University in Burbank, California.

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ASIFA-Hollywood Announces its Animation Educator’s Forum 2020 Faculty Grant recipients

ASIFA-Hollywood announced today its Animation Educator’s Forum (AEF) fourth annual Faculty Grant recipients: Zoya Baker (New York University), Mindy Johnson (CalArts), Nazil Eda Noyan (Bahcesehir University, Istanbul/Turkey), Jack Parry (Deakin University, Australia) and Kevin Sandler (Arizona State University). The AEF faculty grants are designed to provide support for individuals or groups with expenditures associated with […]

TRAILER: The New HBO Max “Looney Tunes Cartoons”

WarnerMedia has just set the launch date of May 27th for their new streaming service HBO Max. That will also be the release date for the first batch of Looney Tunes Cartoons from Warner Bros. Animation. The first season will include 80 episodes, each 11-minute “episode” will be comprised of cartoon shorts that vary in […]

Gene Deitch (1924-2020)

Animator Gene Deitch (August 8, 1924 – April 16, 2020) passed away Thursday (4/16) of natural causes (unrelated to the current corona virus pandemic). For the last 25 years (or so) I was very proud to have been his friend. His life’s work and his personal journey was quite incredible. Luckily he documented much of […]

“The Simpsons” Animated Short “Playdate with Destiny” Starts Streaming on Disney+

Today Disney+ set a playdate with the Simpsons. The streaming service has announced that the short film Maggie Simpson in ‘Playdate with Destiny will begin streaming globally on the service beginning tomorrow, Friday, April 10th. Originally released in theatres before Disney and Pixar’s Onward, Maggie Simpson in ‘Playdate with Destiny’ builds on the success of […]

TRAILER: Adult Swim’s “JJ Villard’s Fairy Tales”

Adult Swim has released the official trailer for it’s twisted new animated series JJ Villard’s Fairy Tales. Created by the Emmy-winning animator JJ Villard (King Star King), the series will premiere on May 10th on Sunday night at 12:15 AM (Sunday night leading into Monday). It’s pretty bizarre – Take a look:

Jerry Beck

Publisher Editor

Articles By Jerry Beck

ASIFA-Hollywood Announces its Animation Educator’s Forum 2020 Faculty Grant recipients

TRAILER: The New HBO Max “Looney Tunes Cartoons”

Gene Deitch (1924-2020)

“The Simpsons” Animated Short “Playdate with Destiny” Starts Streaming on Disney+

TRAILER: Adult Swim’s “JJ Villard’s Fairy Tales”

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