It always amuses me how many cartoons there were about getting drunk made during Prohibition.

Great Bugs Bunny reference by Das EFX from "They Want EFX."

R.I.P. Guy Moon, composer on THE FAIRLY ODDPARENTS and DANNY PHANTOM. I love that "bwwomp" reaction sound he used to do on DP.

Bugs playing both sides in this scene is so funny.

Just saw James L. Brooks' ELLA MCCAY (which I liked), so here's a nice Simpsons scene that Brooks wrote. Brooks wrote a lot of the more emotional scenes in the early Simpsons episodes.

A new year doodle.

Happy public domain day to Betty Boop! Here she is in her first appearance, the Max Fleischer cartoon DIZZY DISHES (1930). I love the wonderfully insane animation of Betty here by her creator Grim Natwick.

Happy New Year, cartoon fans!

I'm constantly impressed by the way the old Zagreb cartoons from Yugoslavia would move their characters around in ways that I've never seen and never would've thought of.

Some especially painful-looking punches here.

Merry Xmas! From Pat Ventura's GEORGE AND JUNIOR'S CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR (1995).

Mae West's Christmas card from 1934.

Redacted.

Disney's Pluto cartoons of the '40s and '50s aren't as funny as the Donald and Goofy shorts of the same period, but they have their moments, like this interesting bit from SPRINGTIME FOR PLUTO (1944).

This must be the best superhero origin story of all time.

One of the great cameos.

A great painting of Santa Claus from 100 years ago. "Old Kris" by N.C. Wyeth, 1925. Oil on canvas.

A perfect bit. R.I.P. Rob Reiner.

Pass the sugar.

I've been getting obsessed with the work of Estonian animator Elbert Tuganov lately.

Artwork by Italian cartoonist Niso Ramponi, who signed his work "Kremos."

Country song from my cartoon MUSICAL MAN AND THE MAGIC KAZOO.

Interesting thoughts from Joe Barbera about executives controlling and sanitizing cartoons for TV.

R.I.P. Tony Benedict, storyboard artist and writer on THE FLINTSTONES, THE JETSONS, MAGILLA GORILLA, and a bunch of the old Hanna-Barbera shows. He also came up with the Jetsons' dog Astro. Great guy and a great talent.

Something cool I ran across while looking for clips for my article about cartoon witches: a 1960s stop-motion Wizard of Oz commercial, narrated by Sterling Holloway (voice of Winnie the Pooh). Love these designs!

Hey guys! I just wrote an article about the best cartoon witches throughout animation history (tying in with WICKED: FOR GOOD). It's got old rubber hose weirdness, Disney classics, anime, oddball indie shorts and more! Check it out! www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-stud...

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1930s Macy's Day Parade balloon designed by Tony Sarg.

Happy Thanksgiving! From Tex Avery's JERKY TURKEY (1945).

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Judy Garland and Gene Kelly must've had a blast filming this. From 1948's THE PIRATE.

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Good point.

One of the great missed opportunities: Walt Disney was planning a Museum of the Weird for Disneyland that was scrapped when Walt died. Here are some of the designs by animator Rolly Crump.

Born today in 1914: Hedy Lamarr, glamorous movie star, genius inventor, and - most importantly - close, personal friend of Screwy Squirrel.

Zagreb Film's YouTube channel is a goldmine of restored classics from the '50s onward

Great song and even better animation. From Bob Clampett's THE HEP CAT (1942)

Classic Jim Henson ad.

Kudos to the lighthearted 1950s comedy FATHER OF THE BRIDE for throwing in this bizarre nightmare sequence designed by Salvador Dali.

As a kid I loved classic Looney Tunes, but as an adult, I'm fascinated by the background art.

I had a lot of fun writing an article about great vampires in animation. But I want to hear from you guys - who are your favorite cartoon vampires?

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This wonderful MYSTERIOUS MOSE short by the good people at Screen Novelties combines so many of the things I love most: puppets, stop-motion, old jazz, and spooky surrealism. I always love watching this around Halloween. Directed by Mark Caballero & Seamus Walsh.

Nice creepy atmosphere in the opening of the Mickey Mouse cartoon THE MAD DOCTOR (1933). There's something unnerving about how the film doesn't provide an intro or any context, it just drops us right into the action.

I'm sorry to be cloying and romantic but there is something intangibly beautiful about hand-crafted things that no automated, expedited, "at-scale" tool can ever achieve. You feel something wake up in you when you see work like this. It dislodges some sort of primal wonder.