Do Warner Bros. and Disney still dominate the TV toon market like they did in the late 20th century?

@Rebelofnj,

That's true. One piece of feature animation work that stands out in my memory is the scene from Who Framed Roger Rabbit? in which Valiant is fighting the Toon weasels in the bar. That's something I might want to study.

I was thinking about watching some of the fight scenes from the classic Popeye movie Robin Williams did and translating them into animation.

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@Rebelofnj,

Okay. Im more interested in voice acting work from cartoon shows and shorts. Not just Disney's.

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@JGoldman10,

Disney Plus has the behind the scenes videos for Roger Rabbit, showing the use of animatronics, animal props, and Bob Hoskins acting alone at certain parts of the sets. Apparently, in one scene Roger had to be animated on his toes because Hoskins looked a little too high above Roger's intended eyesight.

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@Rebelofnj,

I told you I watched a TV special on the making of the film years ago. I've read and seen other various resources that explain how the film was made.

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@JGoldman10,

You can learn from Disney's techniques and modify them to fit your needs.

Worked for Don Bluth when he made his own films after leaving Disney.

You also mentioned that Bugs Bunny documentary; that could help you. There are far too many resources available to help you.

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@JGoldman10,

JGoldman10 wrote:

Okay. Im more interested in voice acting work from cartoon shows and shorts. Not just Disney's.

I never watched Looney Tunes: Back In Action all the way through. I've only seen segments of the film. This movie might be something I want to study from. I was impressed with some of the visuals.

I'd like to get a book on the making of it.

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@Rebelofnj,

You worked for Don Bluth?

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@Rebelofnj,

What about watching slapsticky cartoon shows?

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@JGoldman10,

Honestly, for as much as you have talked about that film, I had assumed you did see the film several times.

I have seen the film a few times; it was ok for the most part. I liked Steve Martin as the head of Acme and the physical comedy.
There one brief scene where Shaggy (voiced by original actor Casey Kasem) and Scooby speak with Matthew Lillard (the current Shaggy actor) about how he acted in the live action films.

It is available to watch on HBO MAX and Netflix.

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@JGoldman10,

No, I did not work with Bluth. I would have mentioned that ages ago. The context did not imply any partnership with Bluth.

I meant to write, "It worked for Don Bluth".

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@JGoldman10,

Sure, why not?

I have no idea what exactly you are doing, so I can't say what you should watch. That is up to you.

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The cartoons I want to produce are two types: throwbacks to old '80s/'90s cartoons and throwbacks to old Golden Age cartoons. I also want to produce comics based on these cartoons (I don't know the correct technical term for these types of comics).

There is a market for retro stuff.

Look at this cartoon for example:

This cartoon was made about a decade ago and it has a retro '70s feel to it.

This one:

was made only a few years ago and it looks like an actual black-and-white '40s cartoon.

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@JGoldman10,

How is you mother doing? Do you think she will be home soon?

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@glitterbag,

Fine, and I hope so. I've been learning some real adult responsibility since she's been away.

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@JGoldman10,

I’m sure she’ll be very proud of the steps you’ve taken. She must miss you terribly having been away for so long.

Look after yourself.

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@izzythepush,

I'm "holding up the fort" at my home so to speak. Thank you.

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@JGoldman10,

So will your works be about style (the art design) over substance (writing, plotting)?

I'm not saying that method is wrong; some works are popular for looking "cool" than the story itself, like the anime FLCL.

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@JGoldman10,

Good.

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@Rebelofnj,

No. I said to you a while back good storytelling is the backbone of any cartoon or comic. If you don't have a good story the whole project suffers. No one cares how nice the artwork is.

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@JGoldman10,

Not always true. As I said, the early comics by Image Comics were very popular in the 90s, but the stories were poorly done and basically written to showcase the artist's talent. I think Witchblade didn't get a good story until its 85th issue, well into the 2000s decade.

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