Alex Toth passed away last year at the age of 77. Along with Will Eisner and Jack Kirby, Toth is considered one of the giants of adventure comics. Toth began his career at age 15, creating illustrations for Heroic magazine. He graduated from the High School of Industrial Arts in 1947, and soon was working […]

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Today, we digitized my collection of animation drawings from MGM. Can anyone out there name all the cartoons represented here? Post your guesses to the comments below. Have fun! Stephen Worth Director Animation Resources This posting is part of the online Encyclopedia of Cartooning under the subject heading, Animation. by

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A couple of years back, we had a visit from the family of Clair Weeks. They brought along several portfolios full of beautiful drawings, mostly from Bambi that they plan to sell. Over the next few weeks, they will be allowing us to digitize the material for inclusion in our database. They also promise to […]

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A few weeks ago, we featured the work of John Bauer from the Swedish Christmas annual, Bland Tomtar Och Troll. After Bauer’s premature death in a shipwreck, Gustaf Tenggren took over the series. A few years later, Tenggren relocated to America and the job was passed on to Einar Norelius. I first heard of Norelius […]

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Playboy had some of the greatest “girl cartoonists” of all time on their staff. You might have seen our previous posts on Playboy cartoonists Sokol, Dedini, Interlandi, Sneyd and Vargas. We will be posting more by these great artists soon, but I particularly wanted to bring this great Playboy retrospective on John Held Jr. to […]

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Today, we digitized a beautiful first edition of Bulfinch’s "Legends of Charlemagne" illustrated by N. C. Wyeth. No illustrator of the golden age had a wider influence on the world of art than Wyeth. His son, Andrew Wyeth became a reknowned fine artist, and many of his other children and grandchildren became artists and musicians […]

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FONTANELLI ON KELLY One of the great heavy-hitters in the entire history of cartooning, Walter Crawford Kelly, Jr. was born in Philadelphia on August 25, 1913, although his family relocated to Bridgeport, Connecticut during his second year. Migrating to California to work on Donald Duck cartoons at Walt Disney Studios in 1935, he stayed until […]

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Gustaf Tenggren was born in Sweden in 1896. Throughout the 1920s, he illustrated children’s books and fairy tales in a richly detailed style similar to Arthur Rackham and Kay Nielsen. In 1936, Walt Disney brought Tenggren to Hollywood to work on Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs. His designs for the Dwarfs’ cottage and the […]

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Animation Resources has embarked on a podcasting series with informal screenings, interviews and seminars. In our current members only Reference Pack, we are sharing a very important podcast: "Cartoon History From East To West". During Members Appreciation Month, we will be live streaming it publicly several times. But it will not be archived or available […]

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A Few Questions… At our last Discord event, we were discussing the early days of the our organization. It was founded in 2004 as the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive, and re-established in 2011 as Animation Resources, a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization. In 2013, we began accepting memberships. A lot has been accomplished since then. During the […]

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PODCAST SCHEDULE Animation Resources will be live streaming the Best of 1-25 and Best of 26-50 Podcasts several times during Member Appreciation Month. Here is the info on the live streams… LIVE STREAM DATES The Best of 1-25 podcast will be live streamed for the last time on these dates: WEDNESDAY MARCH 8th 5pm (PST) […]

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This Sunday, we will be hosting a Discord party to celebrate our 10th anniversary. If you are a member of Animation Resources, a volunteer or just a fan of what we do, please plan to attend. We’re going to have a great time, and you’ll be able to meet and network with the people behind […]

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Live Streamed Podcast ALL DAY SATURDAY Discord Discussion Event SUNDAY AT 5:30 pm (PST) ABOUT THE PODCAST History Of Cartooning From East To West Animated Discussions 010 / Hosted by Davey Jarrell with Stephen Worth, Danny Young & Michael Woodside Have you ever dreamed of traveling the world and going back in time in a […]

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As a special thank you to our annual General and Student members, we have created a special page where we will archive past Reference Packs. There will be a new rerun of a complete RefPack between the new ones. If you are currently on a quarterly membership plan, consider upgrading to an annual membership to […]

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Animation Resources is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Our group is operated entirely by volunteers, there are no employees. 100% of the money that we collect in dues and direct donations go to supporting our programs serving the worldwide animation community. For instance, here is one thing Animation Resources members have purchased for the organization… This […]

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Last night in our Discord discussion, one of our members asked me a question that is one I think about a lot. The person who asked is a young artist looking to break into animation as a career. He said that the material Animation Resources shares excites him a lot and it inspires him in […]

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During Member Appreciation Month, Animation Resources is hosting weekly events on its Discord server. Join us on Sunday afternoons to participate in discussions and network with fellow artists from all over the world. The doors open at 4:30 pm (PDT) and the program begins at 5:30 pm. THIS WEEK’S PROGRAM DISCUSSION OF REFPACKS 1-25JOIN US […]

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Please share… If you are a visual artist or student, here is one of the most important 20 minutes you’ll ever spend in your life… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL0G3x7GRQ0 Animation Resources is a LOT more than just a webpage. For the past decade, we have been building the best collection of reference material for animators, cartoonists and illustrators […]

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Animation Resources has embarked on a podcasting series with informal screenings, interviews and seminars. In our current members only Reference Pack, we are sharing a very important podcast: "Cartoon History From East To West". During Members Appreciation Month, we will be live streaming it publicly several times. But it will not be archived or available […]

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LIVE STREAM LOCATIONS The Cartoon History podcast will be live-streamed simultaneously to these locations. We recommend using Animation Resources’ own live streaming page to avoid disconnects by third party sites. Animation Resources Live Stream Page

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