Traditionally, the weird, unnerving and phantasmagorical have not been welcome features in mainstream Hollywood animation. Although the art form seems inexhaustibly popular—the biggest hit of the year ...

Ever wondered how Fleischer Studios produced Betty Boop and Popeye cartoons during the 1930s? Here’s the studio’s internal production reference guide from 1940, available to download for free from ...

This summer, New York’s Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI) will invite visitors to step back into the golden age of animation through the newly restored works of Fleischer Studios. Best known for ...

Warner Bros. Discovery announced yesterday that they have meticulously remastered Max Fleischer’s beloved animated Superman shorts from the original 35mm source elements, and will release them in high ...

“Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound!” Those iconic words first bedazzled moviegoers as the opening to one of the greatest ...

For the better part of a century, Superman has been one of the most recognizable fictional characters in any form of media. After Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster brought the Man of Steel to life in the ...

In James Gunn we trust, so say those of us who are genuinely optimistic about his upcoming version of Superman that has so much riding on it. In the wake of Zack Snyder's attempt at a postmodern ...

Boop-oop-a-doop! Max Fleischer’s greatest creation is bringing all her friends back to the screen this weekend at AFS Cinema with the Fleischer Studios Legacy Credit: courtesy of Fleischer Studios In ...