Tag "Filmation"

Love Him or Hate Him, This Guy Changed TV Animation

January 17, 2013 by Michael Mallory No Comments divider image

At a time when yet another national fistfight…um, I mean, debate…is heating up over who is responsible for the horrific gun violence in this country, one of the usual suspects has again come under scrutiny: the entertainment industry. In particular, that section of the entertainment industry targeted (so to speak) [...]

ToonSeum Offers Tribute to ’70s-Era Black Animation

January 4, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Pittsburgh’s ToonSeum is offering a unique retrospective of original production cels and drawings from the 1970s that promoted positive African American characters and storylines. Titled “Funky Turns Forty,” this special exhibit chronicles how the Saturday morning cartoons of the 1970s became a direct conduit of social change, introducing a host [...]

Animator Dan Mills dies at 80

December 19, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

We are sad to report that animator and layout artist Dan Mills, whose credits include He-Man and the Masters of the Universe and Family Guy died earlier this month at the age of 80. Mills, who worked for Disney, Snowball, Hanna-Barbera, Filmation, Hyperion, Universal and Fox Animation, began his career [...]

Animation Writer and Historian Earl Kress Dies at 60

September 29, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

We were saddened to learn of the recent death of beloved animation writer and historian and Animation Guild VP Earl Kress passed away recently at age 60 due to complications from liver cancer. Kress’s numerous animation credits include The Fox and the Hound, DuckTales, Ewoks, Pinky and the Brain, Animaniacs, Transformers, Pound Puppies, Taz-Mania, [...]