Tag: Hanna Barbera
Longtime Animator ‘Lefty’ Callahan, 84, Dies
Oliver Edward "Lefty" Callahan, who had a long career in animation ranging from MGM theatrical shorts to pretty much every show made by Hanna...
Sheriff Callie Saves the Day!
Disney Junior's delightful new preschool show introduces a great cast of eccentric Western characters, while teaching young'uns about social ethics and manners.
A kid's never...
The Jurassic Beasts Are Back!
Walking with Dinosaurs puts a family feature spin on BBC's acclaimed CG-animated documentaries about the Jurassic giants.
Audiences have had a love affair with animated...
Scooby-Doo Teams Up with WWE in New Movie
Scooby-Doo and his loyal mystery-solving pals are getting into WrestleMania! That's right the popular Hanna-Barbera characters are joining forces with WWE in a new...
Heritage to Auction Off Rare ‘Peanuts’ Art
Rare original animation art from the first TV appearance by Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts characters will be offered at the Beverly Hills' Heritage Auctions...
Animation’s Legendary (Semi-) Lost Film
Genuinely lost films in feature animation are so rare as to qualify as unique, but there is at least one: Hanna-Barbera's Rock Odyssey. Intended...
Old Visitor from Another Planet
One of the themes of the 2013 Comic-Con, which ended last week, was the 75th anniversary of the most popular space alien of American...
Goodbye, Dali
It has been 10 years now since the release of the longest-in-production film in history, Disney's animated short Destino. Begun in 1945 as a...
Sony May Produce Captain Planet Live-Action Movie
Another popular animated TV show from the 1990s will be making its way to the big screen. Mark Gordon, Don Murphy and Susan Montford...
Nick Soars to Comedic Heights with ‘Sanjay and Craig’
Sanjay and Craig, Nickelodeon's eccentric and hilarious new animated series, is exactly the kind of show we love to see on the kids cabler.
Forget...
Who Can Turn the World on with His Voice
Whereas once animation was the province of a small, but talented group of actors who specialized in voice work––Mel Blanc, June Foray, Daws Butler...
New DVDs: ‘Ricky Gervais’, ‘Tom & Jerry Kids’
There are plenty of animated DVDs to keep toon heads busy this week as we all wait for the arrival of Fox/Blue Sky’s Epic...
New ‘Smurfs’ DVD Set for July 16 Release
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment announced plans to release a new DVD collection The Smurfs: Smurfs to the Rescue! On July 16, 2013. Fans can...
Warner Bros. Greenlights ‘Scalia & Snagglepuss’ Movie
Jumping on the recent spotlight on Judge Antonin Scalia, Warner Bros. has announced that it’s going ahead with a new live-action/animated hybrid feature titled...
Jerry Eisenberg’s Flying Hippo
Like all professional toonheads, I’m sometimes asked to identify my favorite cartoon character. More specifically, those who know I tend to specialize in the...
Warner Bros. Brings Superman and Batman to WonderCon
It looks like DC Comics fans will have a blast next weekend (March 29-31) at the WonderCon confab in Anaheim. Warner Bros. Home Ent....
Van Eaton Galleries Celebrates Hanna-Barbera
The L.A. area’s Van Eaton Galleries is busy preparing an art show tribute to animation legends Hanna-Barbera this spring. The show will kick off...
WB Announces Hanna-Barbera Animation Honorship
Warner Bros. Animation has announced the details about its 2013 Hanna-Barbera Honorship. The program, which was established in 2005, is open to graduating high...
Iwao and Party Time at Disney
January 8th, 2013, just a little over one week away from my setting down these words, will mark the fifth anniversary of the sudden...
Gene of All Trades
Some things stay with you for a lifetime. When I was a kid I read a Yogi Bear comic strip in the newspaper in...
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