Here are some super-rare images of "Cartoon-Moderne" scenic designs from some 1950's-era animated commercials by the Paul Fenn...

I don't often support Kickstarter projects, but I've contributed to THIS one! Animation archaeologist Tommy José Stathes provided ...

I love collecting old "How to Draw Cartoons" books, and this one is among my favorites: "Popeye's How to Draw Cartoons...

You know those really cool 3D panning backgrounds in the classic Fleischer Popeye cartoons ? Here's a vintage article from Popular Mecha...

Here's a delightful old-timey 1932 Van Beuren cartoon to brighten your day: "The Tuba Tooter" featuring the pre-...

One of the nicest things about the long Thanksgiving weekend was having the time to catch up on my reading. I had the pleasure of reading th...

The classic cartooning and animation work of Irv Spector has started to re-emerge from underneath the sands of time and forgetfulness. ...

Last week  I posted about the Modern Mechanix magazine archive -- a nifty treasure chest of vintage magazine articles about cartoons. “...

The Modern Mechanix blog reprints many great illustrated articles from the 1930’s and 40’s. One of my favorites is this look at Depres...

I’ve just posted a big ol’ bunch of my storyboards  from Phineas & Ferb . You can find them all on my storyboarding blog at http:...

Even though I work on the Disney Studios lot, I had to go to eBay to get my hands on this lovely plush Oswald the Lucky Rabbit . If you h...

Heroes don't take vacations. Crime does not nap. Apparently, neither does indy animator Jim Lujan! Jim Lujan is making some of the...