Animation news, reviews and features from the BCDB blog, 2011 to 2017, kept here to read.
November 13, 2011 · Big Cartoon DataBase
The ToonSeum will officially christen its new, expanded gallery as the Lou Scheimer Gallery during a 2:30 p.m. dedication ceremony. The Lou Scheimer Gallery will include a section dedicated to Scheimer and his work as the co-founder of the popular Filmation Studios.
November 13, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: Probably one of the least politically correct Warner Bros. cartoon, "Inki And The Minah Bird" had a character that re-occurred in four other shorts, too.
November 12, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: Popular despite never being released to home video, "Song Of The South" has not been release to theaters since the 1980s either. Disney does not seem ready to budge on this one anytime soon.
November 11, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: A Disney version of history, "Ben And Me" takes a mouse-eye-view of the founding of our country.
November 10, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: Animator Ward Kimball got a shot at directing with "Toot, Whistle, Plunk And Boom" and won an Academy Award for his efforts.
November 9, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: One of the most enigmatic mysteries in animation: which came first, "Rhapsody Rabbit" or MGM's The Cat Concerto.
November 8, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: Taking an animal-ified of a classic tale, Disney's "Robin Hood" re-used a lot of animation, including bits from Snow White and Jungle Book.
November 7, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: After starting the animation department for Warner Bros. (and the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series), Rudolf Ising and his partner Hugh Harmon jumped over to MGM where he created "Wild Honey".
November 6, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: Just one in a long line of incredibly funny Tex Avery cartoons, "The Flea Circus" features just a one-shot set of characters.
November 5, 2011 · Big Cartoon DataBase
CotD: A classic in its own right, "The Old Mill" is also notable as the first use of Disneys' (and Ub Iwerks') multiplane camera in a theatrical cartoon.
November 4, 2011 · Big Cartoon DataBase
CotD: Hey Boo Boo! "Missile-Bound Bear" had everyone's favorite bear take off for new heights. Today is also the released date for the (arguably) worst feature film Disney ever made.... you will have to find that one on your own!
November 3, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: Not the greatest cartoon ever made, but one of the most important, "The Goddess Of Spring" saw Disney's first real attempt at animating a lifelike human form, in this case, a woman. This was one of the first tests working toward Snow White.
November 2, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: In "Show Biz Bugs" we learned that the only problem with a great trick like Daffy's is that you can only do it once.
November 1, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: Donald is the great white hunter in 1946's "Frank Duck Brings 'Em Back Alive" as he hunts Goofy.
October 31, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: "The Hare-Brained Hypnotist" is quite a scary tale for your Halloween pleasure- Enjoy!
October 30, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: Falling Hare" is a rare WB cartoon indeed; The only Bugs Bunny cartoon to fall through the cracks and lose its copyright protection.
October 29, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: Its not quite Halloween until we get our yearly dose of Simpsons Scaries in shows like Seasons 4's "Treehouse Of Horror III"
October 28, 2011 · Dave Koch
CotD: One of the best Droopy cartoons of all time, "Deputy Droopy" marked the transition of the characters films from Tex Avery to Michael Lah
October 27, 2011 · Big Cartoon DataBase
DreamWorks Animation has obtained the rights to Dav Pilkey's Captain Underpants book series, with plans to pursue a feature film adaptation for the big screen, the studio announced Thursday. DWA development executive Damon Ross is overseeing the project at the studio.
October 27, 2011 · Ethan Minovitz
"BirdBoy," directed by Pedro Rovero and Alberto Vazquez of Spain, has won the Silver Hugo for Best Animated Short at the 44th Chicago International Film Festival. In the 13-minute BirdBoy, a terrible industrial accident changes Little Dinki's life forever. Now Dinki's fate may ride on the wings of her eccentric friend Birdboy, a misfit who hides in the Dead Forest, lost in his fantasies... a beautiful, haunting tale told with stark, stylized animation based on a graphic novel.