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

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

Hey everybody! Check out my new article about great cartoon snakes throughout animation history, tying in with the new ZOOTOPIA movie. It was tons of fun to write! Give it a look for some incredible animation. www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-stud...

With Disney’s 'Zootopia 2' hitting theaters and introducing the brand-new character Gary De’Snake, we’re taking a look at some of the funniest, creepiest, and most memorable cartoon snakes throughout animation history. www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-stud...

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

Hey guys! Check out my new article, in time for the 30th anniversary of TOY STORY, about the early milestones of computer animation, with lots of history and some weird, funny, and sometimes creepy clips. Take a look! www.cartoonbrew.com/cgi/computer...

For the 30th anniversary of 'Toy Story,' our latest Cartoon Study revisits the groundbreaking experiments, strange detours, and bold innovations that paved the way for Pixar's debut feature and the rise of modern CGI animation. www.cartoonbrew.com/cgi/computer...

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?

Hey guys! Check out my new article about cartoon vampires throughout history, full of historical anecdotes and obscure oddball clips. Happy Halloween!

For Halloween this year, we asked animation historian @nonsenseisland.bsky.social to take a look at some of the most memorable vampires throughout animation history, so pour yourself a cup of blood and dive in! www.cartoonbrew.com/cartoon-stud...

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.

Top-notch classic cartoon weirdness. From BIMBO'S INITIATION (1931).

In the '70s, Hayao Miyazaki tried to revive the cartoons of his youth. And he kept mentioning Fleischer's Mr. Bug Goes to Town. He loved its animation and use of "space," and the physical way its characters navigate its world. We look into the story: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/miyazaki-a...

Halloween is the perfect time to watch 1930s cartoons.

Looney Tunes remained popular for decades precisely because it was airing in widespread syndication on TV all the time. Old cartoons should be FREE to find new audiences, ESPECIALLY when their rights holders don't even care enough to platform them anymore.

A great drawing from 1934 (by Ed Fourcher) featuring all of the biggest cartoon stars of the day.

It's a crime we only got one episode of KORGOTH OF BARBARIA. Aaron Springer is a genius.

Father of Manga Osamu Tezuka on meeting Walt Disney.

I'm not sure who my favorite musician is, but Fats Waller is up there. He clowned around and cracked jokes so much during his songs that he made what he did look easy, but his songwriting / piano-playing was unbeatable. This clip is from 1943, the year he died.

I love this sketch Irv Spence made of himself watching scenes he animated in the 1944 Tom & Jerry cartoon THE ZOOT CAT.

Rest in peace, Diane Keaton.

R.I.P. Diane Keaton. So brilliant and funny in ANNIE HALL, MANHATTAN, LOVE AND DEATH, etc. If you haven't seen her incredible comic performance in the ultra-bizarre SLEEPER, you need to.

One of my favorite New Yorker cartoons. By Michael Crawford.

Terrific dog drawing by Ronald Searle.

The actual life of a showgirl.

Tragic: I wanted to use this "split up" gag in something, but then I realized REN & STIMPY already did it.

Here are some of my boards from @adampaloian.bsky.social and Pinreel's new SpongeBob short, GO FETCH! I had a blast helping out on this, and I'm in awe of the final result. See if you can spot the similarities and differences between the boards and the final short.

Bob Lubbers and Li'l Abner beat SpongeBob to the punch by 43 years on this gag (the brilliant work of Aaron Springer and Carl Greenblatt).

The best frame from THE JETSONS.

Maybe the Looney Tunes short most relevant to our times: 1956's TO HARE IS HUMAN, in which Wile E. Coyote creates a computer to think for him and slavishly obeys everything it tells him to do, no matter how self-destructive.

Pin-Up Art by the great Dan DeCarlo, best known for drawing the Archie Comics.

Prime Tex Avery gag.

I say this a lot but it's cool that this sort of thing is the greatest achievement in the history of humanity and no one wants to pay any money for it to exist

bob clampett toons just hit so different. his use of closeups in particular is so distinct. also are you kidding me with this shot from "what price porky" which just blew me away

R.I.P. Claudia Cardinale. She was so charming in the original PINK PANTHER movie from 1963.

Craig McCracken would've made a great newspaper cartoonist.

Born today in 1912 - the brilliant Chuck Jones, responsible for so many of the funniest moments in film history.

Born today in 1917 - the great voice actress June Foray, who handled the majority of the female voices in the Looney Tunes shorts of the '50s. Crazy that she was able to do those hoarse, throaty voices of old ladies while she was in her thirties.

The Animation Showcase last night went great, and I was really happy with the reaction to my brand new animated short THE ADVENTURES OF JESTER JILL. I'll post it online soon. I can't wait for you all to see it!