One of the greatest pioneers of animation’s Golden Age of the ’30s through the ’50s was the one and only Tex Avery. Where Disney cartoons were safe wholesome fun for the whole family, and Looney Tunes ...
New details have been announced about the upcoming Blu-ray release of classic MGM animated shorts directed by Tex Avery. The news was first teased by Warner Archive last Friday. Warner Archive will ...
Chuck Jones is the soulful genius of Hollywood studio animation, but when people think about "cartoon gags," they're most often thinking about Tex Avery. Avery's rowdy shorts for Warner Brothers and ...
Tex Avery was a filmmaker, producer, and voice actor during the early 20th century. He is known for his cartoons that dominated the golden age of American animation, and its now iconic characters, ...
Cartoons have captivated and delighted children — and the young at heart — for generations. As the motion picture industry emerged, cartoons became a staple feature of the matinee. As television later ...
Do not binge-watch Tex Avery Screwball Classics, Volume 1, strongly recommends cartoon historian Jerry Beck, who co-curated the first-ever Blu-ray collection of Avery’s MGM cartoons. “It’s too much ...
Over 30 years ago, Will Friedwald and I co-authored a book (actually two versions of the same book) detailing the plots of each and every Warner Bros. cartoon. It was tough work, but someone had to do ...
When it comes to the masters of the Golden Age of animation, Tex Avery doesn’t get mentioned as often as Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, Max Fleischer, or Walt Disney. But perhaps he should. Avery made ...
Teacher Julie Yun and her North Dallas High art students are painting murals of characters created and developed by Tex Avery, Class of 1926. Students are competing to paint the best mural of the ...
Tex Avery's cartoons were funny 70 years ago, and they're still funny today. Avery created the wisecracking Bugs Bunny and awarded him the signature, "Eh, what's up, doc?" He first heard the line at ...