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

48th Annual Annie Awards To Go Virtual

ASIFA-Hollywood announced today that its 48th Annie Awards ceremony will be a Virtual event, to be held on Friday, April 16, 2021. Details are currently in the planning stages. As ceremony information becomes available, the Annie Awards official website will be updated. “One particular advantage of this year’s virtual event is the participation of our […]

Disney’s Zombies “Addison’s Moonstone Mystery” Animated Shorts

The Disney Channel is gearing up for an eight-episode series of animated shorts, based off their hugely popular Disney Channel Original Movie franchise, ZOMBIES, whose most recent movie premiered as the #1 cable telecast of 2020 with nearly 5 million viewers. Titled, Addison’s Moonstone Mystery, the shorts premiere on Friday October 16th (7:54 p.m. EDT/PDT) […]

Three New Animated Shorts Coming To Netflix

A great story can come in any size, shape or length. Netflix will be introducing three new animated short films in the coming months: If Anything Happens I Love You, Canvas and Cops and Robbers, each bringing a unique story and diverse animation technique. “Our goal is to bring our members best-in-class animation in all […]

NEW OFFICIAL TRAILER: Pixar’s “Soul”

Wow. All I can say is ‘wow’. Here’s the latest and greatest trailer for Pete Docter’s Soul. Available exclusively on Disney+ beginning Dec. 25th, 2020, Disney and Pixar’s feature film Soul introduces Joe Gardner, a middle-school band teacher with a serious passion for jazz music. The story is particularly relatable to the artists behind it. […]

First Look at Nickelodeon’s “Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years”

Nickelodeon today revealed a first look of the characters in its all-new animated series Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years, which follows 10-year-old SpongeBob SquarePants and his pals as they spend their summer building underwater campfires, catching wild jellyfish, and swimming in Lake Yuckymuck at the craziest camp in the kelp forest, Kamp Koral. Produced by […]

Jerry Beck

Publisher Editor

Articles By Jerry Beck

48th Annual Annie Awards To Go Virtual

Disney’s Zombies “Addison’s Moonstone Mystery” Animated Shorts

Three New Animated Shorts Coming To Netflix

NEW OFFICIAL TRAILER: Pixar’s “Soul”

First Look at Nickelodeon’s “Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years”

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Jerry Beck

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