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 ...

The studio behind the popular 1940s shorts is trying its hand at restoring (and preserving) these important pieces of superhero media. Reading time 2 minutes Superman’s taken on many animated forms ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In this episode of Saturday Morning Cartoon, we bring you another of my classic faves, Max Fleischer’s Superman. Fleischer Studios produced eight of these beauties between 1941 and 1942 (with their ...

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 ...

In 1917, a man named Max Fleischer invented the rotoscope, a combination of projector and glass drawing board that allowed animators to trace over live-action film, one frame at a time. Fleischer’s ...