Comic Book History of Animation #4 (of 5)
Part Four: Saturday Morning Funhouse
February 1st, 2021
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Part Four: Saturday Morning Funhouse
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February 1st, 2021
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March 24th, 2021
Don’t touch that dial! It’s “SATURDAY MORNING FUNHOUSE”! We roll into the 1960s, during which a CBS executive named Fred Silverman had the brilliant idea to turn Saturday mornings into all kids programming, transforming the toon landscape forever! Hanna and Barbera are fired from MGM, but become the biggest animators in the country—but what happens to all the jobs sent overseas? In Japan, the animation industry begins taking its first few steps toward dominance, where Hayao Miyazaki begins learning his trade—and yearning for more!
Note: The digital edition (3/3/2021) for this issue was released before the print edition.