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Mickey Mouse

Mickey Mouse is an cartoon character co-created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks.

Spider-Ham

Spider-Ham (Peter Porker) is a superhero appearing in Marvel Comics. The character is an anthropomorphic pig and is a parody version of Spider-Man. He was created by Larry Hama, Tom DeFalco, and Mark Armstrong.

KENEDA

Kaneda, the leader of a motorcycle gang in Katsuhiro Otomo’s classic anime feature AKIRA (1988).

Daffy Duck

Daffy Duck was created by Tex Avery for Leon Schlesinger Productions. He has appeared in cartoon series such as Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, in which he is usually depicted as a foil for either Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, or Speedy Gonzales.

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An Eye for A Classic: The 60th Anniversary of “Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol”

An Eye for A Classic: The 60th Anniversary of “Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol”

Avatar photoMichael Lyons|
December 22nd, 2022
He may be near-sighted, but it was Mr. Magoo who could see the way and blaze a trail for all future animated television Christmas specials. Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol debuted on December 18, 1962, on NBC, making it the very first animated Christmas special to be produced for television.  It aired two years before Rudolph […]
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A Very Merry Mickey: The 70th Anniversary of “Pluto’s Christmas Tree”

A Very Merry Mickey: The 70th Anniversary of “Pluto’s Christmas Tree”

Avatar photoMichael Lyons|
December 19th, 2022
The fall and winter of 1952 saw many at the Disney Studio in a holiday mood. In October that year, Disney released the Donald Duck short that would become a Halloween classic, Trick or Treat. And, just a month later, the Disney artists would get into the Christmas spirit with a short that has become […]
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A Fine French Feline Film: The 60th Anniversary of “Gay Pur-ee”

A Fine French Feline Film: The 60th Anniversary of “Gay Pur-ee”

Avatar photoMichael Lyons|
December 12th, 2022
Gay Purr-ee is an example of two distinct animation styles coming together perfectly. The feature film was produced by United Productions of America (UPA) studios, revolutionizing animation with their distinctive graphic style. Also, Gay Purr-ee was written by animation legend Chuck Jones and his wife Dorothy Webster Jones. The recognizable “UPA look” is on full […]
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Barnyard Bluster: 75 Years of Foghorn Leghorn

In his most famous quote, actor Konstantin Stanislavski once said: “There are no small parts, only small actors.” As hard as it is to imagine, this is true of none other than Foghorn Leghorn. The loud, overbearing, blustery rooster made his first appearance seventy-five years ago this month in the 1946 Warner Bros. Cartoon short, […]
Avatar photoMichael Lyons|August 20, 2021
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Barnyard Bluster: 75 Years of Foghorn Leghorn

Thank God It’s Friday…the 13th: “Bad Luck Blackie”

Forget about a slasher in a hockey mask running amuck through a summer camp, the most impactful icon of the superstitions connected with Friday the 13th might just be a cute little kitten. In Bad Luck Blackie, the classic MGM cartoon from 1949, a kitten is befriended by the titular black cat, creating bad luck […]
Avatar photoMichael Lyons|August 13, 2021
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Thank God It’s Friday…the 13th: “Bad Luck Blackie”

The Spy Who “Rock”-ed Me: The 55th Anniversary of “The Man Called Flintstone”

Talk about a “mash-up.” Spy Films and The Flintstones, two completely different pop-culture hallmarks of the 60s, came together fifty-five years ago this month for the full-length feature, The Man Called Flintstone. Hanna-Barbera’s landmark prime time animated series about the “Modern stone-age family,” which debuted in 1960, wrapped up its run in 1966 when the […]
Avatar photoMichael Lyons|August 6, 2021
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The Spy Who “Rock”-ed Me: The 55th Anniversary of “The Man Called Flintstone”

Comic Relief: The 75th Anniversary of the Warner Bros. short “The Great Piggy Bank Robbery”

Before there was the term “fandom,” there was The Great Piggy Bank Robbery. In this classic Warner Bros cartoon short, which celebrates its 75th anniversary this month, none other than Daffy Duck proves to be a comic book “fanboy’ (or is it “fanduck?”). As The Great Piggy Bank Robbery opens, Daffy is on the farm […]
Avatar photoMichael Lyons|July 30, 2021
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Comic Relief: The 75th Anniversary of the Warner Bros. short “The Great Piggy Bank Robbery”

Babes in the Woods: The 40th Anniversary of Disney’s “The Fox and the Hound”

For a film that is so pure, quiet, and earnest, The Fox and the Hound arrived at Disney during one of the studio’s most tumultuous times. In what has become a well-documented and pivotal moment in animation history, during production on The Fox and the Hound in September of 1979, Don Bluth led a walkout […]
Avatar photoMichael Lyons|July 28, 2021
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Babes in the Woods: The 40th Anniversary of Disney’s “The Fox and the Hound”

A “Bugs” Life: The 25th Anniversary of the Original “Space Jam”

Movies have been inspired by books, TV shows, comics, songs, and toys. But commercials? How could the 30 to 60-second world of product sales give light to a full-length feature? Space Jam, the live action/animated Warner Bros. film from 1996, knew how. Four years before the film’s release, Nike sneakers debuted two creatively funny TV […]
Avatar photoMichael Lyons|July 16, 2021
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A “Bugs” Life: The 25th Anniversary of the Original “Space Jam”
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Hidden Haunts: Seldom Seen Halloween TV Specials

Like the candy collected by trick or treaters that’s been cast aside, you know, the lollipops passed over in favor of a Fun Size Milky Way candy bar, several animated Halloween specials have not reached the pop-culture heights of It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. But, as we make our way through spooky season, if […]