Jerry Beck

Publisher Editor

Writer, cartoon producer and author of more than 15 books on animation history. A former studio exec with Nickelodeon and Disney; currently on the faculty at both CalArts in Valencia and Woodbury University in Burbank, California.

Articles By Jerry Beck

Women In Animation Announces It’s Fifth Annual Diversity Awards

Women in Animation (WIA) is proud to announce the fifth annual WIA Diversity Award recipients, presented in partnership with the Spark Computer Graphics Society (Spark CG). The recipients of this year’s awards are: creator Rebecca Sugar; All Those Sensations in My Belly by Marko Dješka; and the University of Southern California (USC) Annenberg Inclusion Initiative. […]

TRAILER: Chris Evans Lends His Voice to Buzz in Pixar’s “Lightyear”

Check out a brand-new, action-packed trailer and teaser poster for Disney and Pixar’s Lightyear, an original feature film releasing June 17th, 2022. The sci-fi action-adventure presents the definitive origin story of Buzz Lightyear—the hero who inspired the toy—introducing the legendary Space Ranger who would win generations of fans. Annie Award-winning director and veteran Pixar animator […]

Woman In Animation Announces Scholarship Program Industry Partners for 2022

Women in Animation is continuing to expand its ongoing WIA Scholarship Program with workshops, tutoring sessions, software packages and cash prizes for recipients of the 2022 cycle from industry partners Animation Focus, Animation Mentor, Autodesk, Foundry, LAIKA, Toon Boom and Wacom. Additionally, WIA’s Bay Area and Montreal Chapters are providing special scholarship prizes for students […]

CLIP: “Jellystone! Halloween Special”

Augie, Yakky, and Shag help an overworked Winsome Witch prepare for Halloween… but end up making things worse. Meanwhile Yogi, Cindy, Boo-Boo and all your favorite redesigned Hanna-Barbera characters are celebrating the spookiest time of year with an-all new Halloween-themed episode of Jellystone!; “Spell Book” promises tricks AND treats, and plenty of outrageous Halloween misadventures […]

TRAILER: “Dogs In Space”

This animated series will release on Netflix on November 18th and features the voice work of Haley Joel Osment, Sarah Chalke, Kimiko Glenn and Chris Parnell. It’s a wacky, fun series follow a group of genetically enhanced dogs that are sent across the universe in search of a new home for the human race. Here’s […]

Jerry Beck

Publisher Editor

Articles By Jerry Beck

Women In Animation Announces It’s Fifth Annual Diversity Awards

TRAILER: Chris Evans Lends His Voice to Buzz in Pixar’s “Lightyear”

Woman In Animation Announces Scholarship Program Industry Partners for 2022

CLIP: “Jellystone! Halloween Special”

TRAILER: “Dogs In Space”

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