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Today in History

ABC News - Apr 16, 2012
Today's Highlight in History: On April 17, 1937, the animated cartoon character Daffy Duck made his debut in the Warner Bros. cartoon "Porky's Duck Hunt," directed by Tex Avery. On this date: In 1492, a contract was signed by Christopher Columbus and a ...

Brooklyn Today: April 30, 2012

Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Apr 30, 2012
Animators Chuck Jones and Tex Avery further developed him into the character we now know in such cartoons as “A Wild Hare” (1940), in which Bugs first asks, “What's up, Doc?" According to Mel Blanc, the character's original voice actor, ...

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Time Out Chicago (blog) - Apr 23, 2012
He then let out a smoky aroooo, like a stoned, goateed version of the wolf from those old Tex Avery cartoons. Much of Cebar's set was peppered with a similar level of goofy gruffness, the kind that one might usually ascribe to Jeff Bridges.

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Tex Avery books

Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons; Revised and Updated

by: Leonard Maltin, Jerry Beck
In this revised and updated edition of Of Mice and Magic, Leonard Maltin not only recreates this whole glorious era from the silent days through the Hollywood golden age to Spielberg's An American Tail, he traces the evolution of the art of animation and vividly portrays the key creative talents and their sutdios. This definitive history of American animated cartoons also brings Maltin's many fans up to date on the work being done today at the Walt Disney and Warner Bros. studios, and other developments in the world of animation.
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A Cast Of Friends

by: Bill Hanna
For more than sixty years, Bill Hanna has made entertaining children and the young at heart his ”business.” In A Cast of Friends, he offers an engaging look at his decades in animation and at the people who helped make it all possible. Hanna shares his memories of the tough and wild years at the beginning of animation, working with such legendary colleagues as Tex Avery and Friz Freleng. He describes as only he can the hard work and determination it took to make Hanna-Barbera Productions a success, with unforgettable behind-the-scenes stories of Daws Butler, Alan Reed, Mel Blanc, Casey Kasem, and other voiceover magicians.
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Tex Avery: The Mgm Years, 1942-1955

by: John Canemaker

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Looney Tunes: The Ultimate Visual Guide

by: Jerry Beck
Featuring all the favorite Looney Tunes characters, from Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck to Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote, this is the first visual history of the groundbreaking animated classics. Gathered from the Warner Bros. archives with illustrations by Chuck Jones, Tex Avery, and Mel Blanc, the film stills, sketches, story boards, and more in the Looney Tunes Ultimate Visual Guide are sure to enthrall cartoon fans both young and old.
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