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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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Duck and Cover: Donald’s World War II Short Subjects

With his short temper and lack of respect for authority, Donald Duck doesn’t seem as if he’d be the first choice to represent the patriotic American soldier during World War II. Despite this, it was precisely the role he played in several short subjects produced at Disney during the War As America entered World War […]
Avatar photoMichael Lyons|May 31, 2021
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Duck and Cover: Donald’s World War II Short Subjects

Triple Threat: Bugs, Daffy, Elmer & the 70th Anniversary of “Rabbit Fire.”

Moviegoers have seen some impressive conflicts depicted on screen: Rocky Balboa and Apollo Creed, Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader, The Avengers, and Thanos. But few, if any, reach the heights of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, head-to-head, shouting at one another, while Elmer Fudd stands nearby with his shotgun at the ready This month marks […]
Avatar photoMichael Lyons|May 22, 2021
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Triple Threat: Bugs, Daffy, Elmer & the 70th Anniversary of “Rabbit Fire.”

Fractured Fairy Tale: The 20th Anniversary of DreamWorks’ “Shrek.”

When Shrek opened in theaters on May 18, 2001, Entertainment Weekly’s film critic Lisa Shwarzbaum called the film “A kind of palace coup, a shout of defiance and a coming of age for Dreamworks.” In retrospect, this was a perfect description. Jeffrey Katzenberg, who had shepherded Disney through that studio’s animation renaissance of the 1990s […]
Avatar photoMichael Lyons|May 15, 2021
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Fractured Fairy Tale: The 20th Anniversary of DreamWorks’ “Shrek.”

A “Short” Tribute to Mom!

Perhaps Lindsay Lohan, playing identical twins in the 1998 remake of Disney’s live-action classic The Parent Trap, summed it up best when she declared: “My mom is too cool!” We can all relate. As we approach Mother’s Day and plan to celebrate our moms or fondly remember moms who are no longer with us, we […]
Avatar photoMichael Lyons|May 7, 2021
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A “Short” Tribute to Mom!

Bugging Out: The 25th Anniversary of “James and the Giant Peach”

James and the Giant Peach, created through the hand-crafted art of stop-motion animation, debuted just five months after Toy Story, the blockbuster computer-animated feature that signaled a shift coming for the industry. At the time, the world was looking more toward the bright and shiny technology of computer-generated imagery on the horizon. In a 1996 […]
Avatar photoMichael Lyons|April 30, 2021
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Bugging Out: The 25th Anniversary of “James and the Giant Peach”

Gold Standard: Oscar-Winning Animated Short Subjects Celebrating Anniversaries

Good things, small packages. It is true for animated short subjects, especially those nominated for and who have won the Academy Award. Like everything else globally, this Sunday’s Academy award ceremony looked much different this year. Thankfully, the tradition of celebrating animated short subjects will continue, as it has since the first year the Academy […]
Avatar photoMichael Lyons|April 25, 2021
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Gold Standard: Oscar-Winning Animated Short Subjects Celebrating Anniversaries
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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 […]