Art pipeline: History and Key Facts
The art pipeline is the process of creating and implementing art for a particular project, most commonly associated with the creative process for developing video games.
Animation
Animation history, studios, short films and the performers behind the voices.
The Milky Way (1940 film): History and Key Facts
The Milky Way is a one-reel animated cartoon short subject, produced in Technicolor and released to theatres with the film The Captain Is a Lady in 1940 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Flash animation: History and Key Facts
Adobe Flash animation (formerly Macromedia Flash animation and FutureSplash animation) is an animation that is created with the Adobe Animate (formerly Flash Professional) platform or similar ani
Alyson Stoner: Biography and Background
Alyson Rae Stoner (born August 11, 1993) is an American actor, singer, and dancer.
Logorama: History and Key Facts
Logorama is a 2009 French adult animated satirical short film produced by the French graphic design and animation studio H5 as their first and only cinematic project.
The Little Orphan: History and Key Facts
The Little Orphan is a 1949 American one-reel animated cartoon and the 40th Tom and Jerry cartoon, released in theaters on April 30, 1949 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer.
Thaumatrope: History and Key Facts
A thaumatrope is an optical toy that was introduced in 1825.
Lend a Paw: History and Key Facts
Lend a Paw is an animated short film produced in Technicolor by Walt Disney Productions, distributed by RKO Radio Pictures and released to theaters on October 3, 1941.
The Story of the Animated Drawing: History and Key Facts
"The Story of the Animated Drawing" is an episode of the Walt Disney's Disneyland television program originally broadcast on November 30, 1955.
Sara Ramirez: Biography and Background
Sara Elena Ramírez Vargas (Spanish: [ˈsaɾa eˈlena raˈmiɾes ˈbaɾɣas]; born August 31, 1975) is a Mexican and American actor, singer and activist.
If Anything Happens I Love You: History and Key Facts
If Anything Happens I Love You is an American 2D animated short film written and directed by Will McCormack and Michael Govier (in their directorial debut).
Saturday-morning cartoon: History and Key Facts
"Saturday-morning cartoon" is a colloquial term for original animated series and live-action programming typically scheduled on Saturday and Sunday mornings in the United States on the "Big Three
The Plausible Impossible: History and Key Facts
"The Plausible Impossible" is an episode of the Disneyland television program, originally broadcast on October 31, 1956.
Harvie Krumpet: History and Key Facts
Harvie Krumpet is a 2003 Australian adult stop motion animated tragicomedy short film written, directed and animated by Adam Elliot, and narrated by Geoffrey Rush.
National Cartoon Museum: History and Key Facts
The National Cartoon Museum was an American museum dedicated to the collection, preservation and exhibition of cartoons, comic strips and animation.
Winsor McCay: History and Key Facts
Zenas Winsor McCay (c.
Geri's Game: History and Key Facts
Geri's Game is a 1997 American animated short film produced by Pixar and written and directed by Jan Pinkava.
LGBTQ themes in Western animation: History and Key Facts
In Western animation, LGBTQ themes means plotlines and characters which are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or otherwise queer in series, produced in Western countries, and not in Japan (i.e
Der Fuehrer's Face: History and Key Facts
Der Fuehrer's Face (originally titled Donald Duck in Nutziland or A Nightmare in Nutziland) is an American animated anti-Nazi propaganda short film produced by Walt Disney Productions, created in
Gerald McBoing-Boing: History and Key Facts
Gerald McBoing-Boing is a 1950 animated short film directed by Robert Cannon.
Laugh-O-Gram Studio: History and Key Facts
The Laugh-O-Gram Studio (also Laugh-O-Gram Films) was an American independent animation studio founded by Walt Disney on June 28, 1921 and closed on October 16, 1923.
For the Birds (film): History and Key Facts
For the Birds is a 2000 American animated short film produced by Pixar and written and directed by Ralph Eggleston.
Wayne June: Biography and Background
Wayne June (1954–2025) was an American voice actor.
Gertie the Dinosaur: History and Key Facts
Gertie the Dinosaur is an animated short film released in 1914 by American cartoonist and animator Winsor McCay.
Feast (2014 film): History and Key Facts
Feast is an American animated romantic comedy short film written and directed by Patrick Osborne from a story by Raymond S.
David Gerstein: History and Key Facts
David Gerstein (born February 6, 1974) is an American comics author and editor as well as an animation historian.
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore: History and Key Facts
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr.
Felix the Cat: History and Key Facts
Felix the Cat is a cartoon character created in 1919 by Otto Messmer and Pat Sullivan during the silent film era.
Jessie James Grelle: Biography and Background
Jessie James Grelle (, GREE-lee; born Joshua James Ervin Grelle) is an American voice actor and ADR script writer in English language dubs of Japanese anime.
Experimental animation: History and Key Facts
Experimental animation is a form of animation in which motion pictures have their own rhythm and movement where it has no narration or a specific structure in animated films.
The Crunch Bird: History and Key Facts
The Crunch Bird (El pájaro crujiente) is an animated short by Joe Petrovich, Len Maxwell, and Ted Petok.
Disney Renaissance: History and Key Facts
The Disney Renaissance was a period from 1989 to 1999 during which Walt Disney Feature Animation returned to producing commercially and/or critically successful animated films.
Walt Disney: History and Key Facts
Walter Elias Disney ( DIZ-nee; December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur.
Development of Bugs Bunny: History and Key Facts
The character that would evolve into Bugs Bunny appeared in four cartoon shorts before his first official appearance in Tex Avery's A Wild Hare.
A Close Shave: History and Key Facts
A Close Shave is a 1995 British stop-motion animated short film directed by Nick Park and written by Park and Bob Baker.
Lee Crooks (voice actor): Biography and Background
Lee Crooks (born 1960) is an American voice actor best known for his work with the Chicago Transit Authority.
The Cat Concerto: History and Key Facts
The Cat Concerto is a 1947 American one-reel animated cartoon and the 29th Tom and Jerry short.
Cel: History and Key Facts
A cel, short for celluloid, is a transparent sheet on which objects are drawn or painted for traditional, classical, hand-drawn animation.
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (film): History and Key Facts
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse is a 2022 animated short film directed by Peter Baynton and Charlie Mackesy and written by Jon Croker and Mackesy.
Annie Awards: History and Key Facts
The Annie Awards are accolades which the Los Angeles branch of the International Animated Film Association, ASIFA-Hollywood, has presented each year since 1972 to recognize excellence in animatio