There are plenty of reference books devoted to animation history—some of which I value highly—but what hasn’t existed is an authoritative textbook that charts the art form’s entire history in a ...

Part 1. Origins of animation -- Chapter 1. Setting the scene for animation. Early innovations in simulating movement ; The printing press and comic strips ; The impact of photography on studies of ...

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With a trunk full of paper stock, charcoal, and a giant easel in tow, Bessie Mae Kelley would travel the country for her vaudeville circuits in the 1920s. Kelley was an animation pioneer, having ...

It can be mind-boggling to think about how long cartoons have been around. Yes, Mickey Mouse has been an American pop culture icon for longer than virtually everybody reading these words has been ...

The history of animation goes back even farther than Mickey Mouse and steamboats, but they’ve entered a completely new era of interactivity thanks to HTML5, jQuery, and Javascript. In the beginning, ...

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The Comic-Con Museum in Balboa Park. Photo courtesy of the museum Childhood memories will come flooding back to visitors checking out the newest exhibits at the Comic-Con Museum in Balboa Park. “The ...

Pixar’s production logo—that animation sequence that pops up before a Pixar movie—is as iconic as they come. Who can’t help but smile when they see cute little Luxo Jr. squash the I in Pixar and turn ...

Everything I needed to know for Junior High School I learned from cartoons. Twice a day, before and after school, my local TV station delivered three Warner Brothers Looney Tunes shorts. There, Bugs ...