Jerry Beck

Publisher Editor

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.

Articles By Jerry Beck

Los Angeles Animation Festival Goes “Looney”: FREE TICKETS for LAAF’s 2019 Opening Night Party!

The Los Angeles Animation Festival (LAAF) holds its Opening Night Party next Saturday Dec. 7th, 8pm-11pm – featuring an advance screening of the new Warner Bros. Looney Tune Cartoon “Curse of the Monkey Bird” and panel moderated by yours truly, Jerry Beck. They’ll also be live music by Grammy Nominated Scott Healy of Late Night […]

Mickey Mouse Stop-Motion Holiday Interstitials

This is nice. Mickey Mouse and his pals – Minnie, Goofy, Donald, Daisy and Pluto – usher in the holiday cheer in new stop-motion on-air interstitials that begin rolling out on Saturday November 30th (9:25 a.m. EST), on Disney Junior, with subsequent airings on Disney Channel and DisneyNOW. A collaboration between Disney Junior and Stoopid […]

DreamWorks Announces Holiday Special “Spirit Riding Free: Spirit of Christmas”

DreamWorks Animation unveiled the trailer for a holiday special of its Emmy Award-winning series Spirit Riding Free titled, DreamWorks Spirit of Christmas. The trailer shows Katherine McNamara (Arrow) joining the cast of the holiday special as singing sensation, Sally Jessup in a heartfelt performance featuring original holiday songs. DreamWorks Spirit Riding Free: Spirit of Christmas […]

Nickelodeon’s “Avatar The Last Airbender” Celebrates Anniversary with Steelbook Blu-Ray Release

Nickelodeon’s critically-acclaimed, Emmy award-winning series receives the SteelBook treatment as Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Complete Series Blu-ray 15th Anniversary Limited Edition Steelbook Collection arrives on February 18th, 2020. The 3-book collection features stunning new artwork by artist Caleb Thomas, with each book featuring a different element (Water, Earth, and Fire) and the covers […]

FIRST LOOK: Universal, DreamWorks, Netflix “Fast & Furious: Spy Racers”

Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation have released first look images and announced the cast of the Netflix original series Fast & Furious: Spy Racers, based on Universal’s multi-billion dollar franchise. The series is executive produced by Vin Diesel, Neal H. Moritz, Chris Morgan, Tim Hedrick and Bret Haaland and is slated to debut on Netflix […]

Jerry Beck

Publisher Editor

Articles By Jerry Beck

Los Angeles Animation Festival Goes “Looney”: FREE TICKETS for LAAF’s 2019 Opening Night Party!

Mickey Mouse Stop-Motion Holiday Interstitials

DreamWorks Announces Holiday Special “Spirit Riding Free: Spirit of Christmas”

Nickelodeon’s “Avatar The Last Airbender” Celebrates Anniversary with Steelbook Blu-Ray Release

FIRST LOOK: Universal, DreamWorks, Netflix “Fast & Furious: Spy Racers”

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