The Aesop and Son cartoons on The Bullwinkle Show opened with a saying, followed by a fable based on it, followed by a bad pun on the sayin...

Over at the Cartoon Research website is the very pleasant news that Thunderbean Animation is ready to start sending out copies of its The R...

A fight in the ring climaxes The Bully’s End , a 1933 Van Beuren cartoon. As Gene Rodemich’s musicians play “Tiger Rag” in the background,...

Van Beuren cartoons vary between odd and bizarre. Red Riding Hood (1931) falls in the “bizarre” category. There’s the scene where grandma ...

Cubby Bear notices a tack in the path of his bike in Bubbles and Troubles . No problem. His bike can jump over it. Because this is a 19...

Debate, if you want, that A Toytown Tale (1931) is a Christmas cartoon. Yes, it has “Silent Night” (and “Jingle Bells”), and snow and toys,...

“Pre-Code” does not mean “Pre-Code.” The Motion Picture Production Code did not suddenly appear in 1934. There was a code in 1930, and othe...