Chuck Jones is the soulful genius of Hollywood studio animation, but when people think about "cartoon gags," they're most often thinking about Tex Avery. Avery's rowdy shorts for Warner Brothers and ...

One of the greatest pioneers of animation’s Golden Age of the ’30s through the ’50s was the one and only Tex Avery. Where Disney cartoons were safe wholesome fun for the whole family, and Looney Tunes ...

Teacher Julie Yun and her North Dallas High art students are painting murals of characters created and developed by Tex Avery, Class of 1926. Students are competing to paint the best mural of the ...

Longtime readers will know we hold a special place in our hearts for animation from Hollywood’s golden age. . . and earlier. While Blu-ray has spoiled us for Disney classics, Looney Tunes, and a ...

ON April 1, 1957, the normally serious BBC TV news programme Panorama convinced thousands of English viewers that what type of food grew on trees? a) Spaghetti b) Curry c) Cheese. A SPHEKSOPHOBIC ...

Frederick “Tex” Avery, the “king of cartoons,” is famous in classic animation circles for his crazy characters and over the top gags. His 1940 Warner Bros. short A Wild Hare crystalized the ...

Frederick "Tex" Avery directed some of the funniest cartoons ever made, but he relied primarily on situations and moving graphics, rather than on the personalities of familiar characters. Droopy, the ...