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Tex Avery

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    For Sale: A Tex Avery Original Drawing Dating Back to Animator's Days at North Dallas High

    Click to embiggen this Tex Avery original dating back to the North Dallas High School hallways.​Friend of Unfair Park PeterK directs our attention to Cartoon Brew, which sends us to the Howard Lowery auction site -- where you'll find the drawing you see above, made in the mid-1920s at North Dallas ... More >>

  • News

    June 9, 2011

    Hey, Mike Rawlings, Pick Up a Damn Paper, Will You?

    Because in it, you'll find everything you need to say no to the Trinity River toll road.

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2010

    Days Gone Bite: Frito Bandito

    ​I had a Frito Bandito eraser. I can still hear that leering, gravely voice. And the song--oh, I remember the song.At least I remember the second version. Frito-Lay introduced the animated Mexican bandit to advertise Fritos in 1967. He wore a sombrero and a couple of six-shooters, sported a gold t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2009

    AFI Dallas Honors Henry Selick, Father of Jack Skellington and Monkeybone

    Patrick MichelsIn more than three decades as an animator, Henry Selick has lived not only at the edge of the film industry, but as a stop-motion animator, even the fringes of animation world. From The Nightmare Before Christmas to Coraline, though, audiences have gladly followed him out to the edge. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2008

    AFI Dallas: And the Winners Are ...

    Patrick MichelsIn more than three decades as an animator, Henry Selick has lived not only at the edge of the film industry, but as a stop-motion animator, even the fringes of animation world. From The Nightmare Before Christmas to Coraline, though, audiences have gladly followed him out to the edge. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 5, 2008

    What You Lookin' At? Oh, I See -- the AFI Dallas Complete Lineup.

    Patrick MichelsIn more than three decades as an animator, Henry Selick has lived not only at the edge of the film industry, but as a stop-motion animator, even the fringes of animation world. From The Nightmare Before Christmas to Coraline, though, audiences have gladly followed him out to the edge. ... More >>

  • Home Entertainment

    May 17, 2007

    Our top DVD picks for the week of May 15

    Patrick MichelsIn more than three decades as an animator, Henry Selick has lived not only at the edge of the film industry, but as a stop-motion animator, even the fringes of animation world. From The Nightmare Before Christmas to Coraline, though, audiences have gladly followed him out to the edge. ... More >>

  • Music

    September 14, 2006

    Space Is Deep

    Flaming Lips: New adventures in sci-fi

  • Film

    May 26, 2005

    Animal Crackers

    In Madagascar, the wild things romp, then roam

  • Film

    July 5, 2001

    All Bark

    Cats & Dogs doesn't quite build a better mousetrap

  • News

    April 26, 2001

    Reel People

    It's about the artists, not the stars at the 31st annual USA Film Festival

  • Film

    December 21, 2000

    Zuzu's Petals

    The Family Man is offered a long glimpse of A Wonderful Life

  • Culture

    February 27, 1997

    All ends well

    The Undermain ricochets through a merry Comedy of Errors

  • Film

    August 24, 1995

    Bigger, louder

    With 1,000 times the budget for his sequel, Robert Rodriguez comes out with guns a-blazin'

  • Calendar

    July 27, 1995

    Events for the week

    With 1,000 times the budget for his sequel, Robert Rodriguez comes out with guns a-blazin'

  • Film

    July 13, 1995

    Chuck amuck

    The DMA celebrates Chuck Jones, animation's beloved toonsmith

  • Film

    June 15, 1995

    Primate suspect

    Congo is the missing link between storytelling and special effects

  • Film

    February 16, 1995

    Dead bang

    Sam Raimi's gonzo Western The Quick and the Dead is ludicrously entertaining

  • Film

    February 2, 1995

    Rushes

    Sam Raimi's gonzo Western The Quick and the Dead is ludicrously entertaining

  • Film

    January 12, 1995

    Rushes

    Sam Raimi's gonzo Western The Quick and the Dead is ludicrously entertaining

  • Film

    November 3, 1994

    Loony tunes

    The twisted minds at DNA Animation take their sick humor national

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