Cartoon Monickers: An Insight Into the Animation Industry

Animated cartoons are part of a multi-billion dollar mass communications industry that began shortly before the turn of the 20th century. The first cartoons appeared almost with the birth of the film industry. Beginning with the late 1920s, cartoon shorts appeared in almost every double feature. But by the late 1960s, the major studios had eliminated the theatrical cartoon shorts, only to resurrect them for a younger television audience. Cartoon Monickers is the story not only of cartoons, but of the film and television industries, and American social values.

Dr. Brasch is a professor of journalism, nationally-syndicated newspaper columnist, and author of 11 other books. During the past decade, he has won more than 50 awards for his writing, including honors from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists, National Federation of Press Women, and Society of Professional Journalists.