Eighty years ago today, Tom and Jerry made their debut in the short Puss Gets the Boot. Initially named Jasper and Jinx at the time, they would go onto become the most famous animated cat and mouse duo of all time and pave the way for some of the greatest animated slapstick. pic.twitter.com/uLGUxxanZq — Animated…
Cartoons & Comics
Animation, Cartoons & Comics
Sunday Animation: Porky’s Garden
by JOHN ADAMS •
Animation, Cartoons & Comics
Sunday Animation: Elmer’s Candid Camera (1940)
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Cartoons & Comics
Special Skills
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America, Cartoons & Comics, History, Trump, Trump-Russia, Unfit
We’re Going to Need a Bigger Cartoon
by JOHN ADAMS •
In 1865, cartoonist Oscar Harpel drew A Proper Family Re-Union, depicting notorious American traitors Benedict Arnold and Jefferson Davis drinking a treason toddy of Satan’s creation. I’ll not presume to make the theological claim that Trump will, in fact, one day find himself in the company of those three, but as a political matter, America’s going…
Animation, Cartoons & Comics, Trump
Trump as The Joker from Batman: The Animated Series
by JOHN ADAMS •
We’ve a long, difficult slog ahead, but occasionally a bit of humor will make the journey easier. Mark Hamill, who was the voice of The Joker on Batman: The Animated Series, has recorded one of Trump’s many unhinged tweets as though Trump were that comic book villain: The Trumpster quote #1#ANewJeersToast https://t.co/qZQEGU18r6 — Mark Hamill…
Animation, Cartoons & Comics, Film
Saturday Animation: Mickey Mouse, The Opry House
by JOHN ADAMS •
Animation, Cartoons & Comics
Saturday Animation: Steamboat Willie
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Animation, Cartoons & Comics
Sunday Animation: Krazy Kat – Bugologist
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| Story, George Herriman. | Duration: 3:21 at 22 fps. | While in the woods studying bugs, Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse encounter a sleeping bee and an angry elephant. | Summary from M/B/RS shelflist card. | Based on George Herriman’s comic strip Krazy Kat. Via Origins of American Animation @ Library of Congress.