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Make Mine Freedom is a 1948 American animated anti-communist propaganda cartoon created by John Sutherland Productions for the Extension Department of Harding College (now Harding University). Financed with a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation , the cartoon was the first in a series of pro- free enterprise films produced by Sutherland ...
"For his powerful cartoons on an array of issues, drawn with a simple but piercing style." 2007: Walt Handelsman: Newsday "For his stark, sophisticated cartoons and his impressive use of zany animation." 2008: Michael Ramirez: Investor's Business Daily "For his provocative cartoons that rely on originality, humor and detailed artistry." 2009 ...
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His studio first produced the animated cartoon series Daffy Ditties for United Artists, beginning with The Cross-Eyed Bull (1945). [2] Shortly after, Alfred P. Sloan pledged a grant through the Sloan Foundation to Harding College (now Harding University) in Searcy, Arkansas with the goal of producing a series of short films that exemplified the ...
Robert Porter McKimson Sr. (October 13, 1910 – September 29, 1977) was an American animator and illustrator, best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros. Cartoons and later DePatie–Freleng Enterprises.
Animation historian Jerry Beck had posted on Cartoon Research lists of animated shorts from various studios considered for nomination of the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, beginning with 1948 and ending for the time being with 1986. [1] [2] Missing gaps on that site are 1949, 1950, 1976, 1981, 1982 and 1985. [3] [4] [2]
Nelson Harding (October 31, 1879 – December 30, 1944) was an American editorial cartoonist for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. He won the annual Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in both 1927 and 1928, and as of 2023 was the only cartoonist honored in consecutive years.