20 years of Who Framed Roger Rabbit

This year marks the 20th anniversary of one of the most important films in the history of animation, "Who Framed Roger Rabbit". To celebrate, here are some articles about this seminal film (all but two are from Starlog), starting with a look at the film's effects:

Here's a review of the film by Harry McCracken in the defunct animation fan magazine Animato:

And here's an article on the making of the film in Newsweek:

And here's an interview with actress Joanna Cassidy, who played Dolores:

And here's and interview with musical composer Alan Silvestri:

Here's an overview of the film:

And finally, here's an interview with director Robert Zemeckis:

Also, check out this article:http://johnpannozzi.blogspot.com/2008/03/censorship-of-who-framed-roger-rabbit.html

A Tribute to Tiny Toon Adventures

In honor of the first official DVD release of Tiny Toon Adventures tomorrow, here's an article that shows a look at that seminal show and some other stuff that may reveal things about the making of Tiny Toons that may not have known before.




And here's another article from that same issue of Comics Scene that concerns director Rich Arons:



Tiny Toons (and Animaniacs) Links:

Article on director Kent Butterworth: http://johnpannozzi.blogspot.com/2008/07/all-about-kent-butterworth.html

An article introducing Tiny Toons: http://jedaniels-adventures.blogspot.com/2006/05/what-should-be-released-on-dvd.html

Interviews with Tiny Toon directors: http://jedaniels-adventures.blogspot.com/2006/05/tiny-toon-directors.html

An article that introduces the TTA characters:
http://jedaniels-adventures.blogspot.com/2008/04/introducing-tiny-toons.html


Entertainment Weekly article on Tiny Toons: http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,318258,00.html

Part one of an interview with senior producer Tom Ruegger: http://www.platypuscomix.net/people/ruegger2.html

Part two of an interview with senior producer Tom Ruegger: http://www.platypuscomix.net/people/ruegger2.html

Interview with director and animator Jon McClenahan: http://www.platypuscomix.net/people/mcclenahan1.html

Another interview with Johnny Mack: http://wba.toonzone.net/mcclenahan/

Yet ANOTHER interview: http://news.toonzone.net/article.php?ID=9642

Still another interview with Johnny Mack: http://www.retrojunk.com/details_articles/871/

An article on Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain and Freakazoid:
http://www.retrojunk.com/details_articles/1120/

An article on Animaniacs: http://www.retrojunk.com/details_articles/539/

An article on the development of Animaniacs: http://members.cruzio.com/~keeper/anibeg.html
A write-up of the Tiny Toons/Freakazoid panel at Comic-con 2008: http://news.toonzone.net/article.php?ID=25275
Tiny Toons Sheet Music: http://johnpannozzi.blogspot.com/2008/03/tiny-toon-adventures-theme-song-piano.html

Enjoy!

All About Kent Butterworth

Here's an article on animation director Kent Butterworth.

Since this article was published, Kent has directed all 65 episodes of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, and recently an independent animated feature film called "Attila the Ham and the Great Blue Bean". Visit Kent at his blog and his MySpace Page.