Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass have had the holiday cartoon market cornered since the 1960s. The creatives behind Rankin/Bass Productions cranked out an astonishing number of Christmas classics in ...

Paul Coker Jr., character and production designer on the timeless Rankin/Bass holiday specials and long-time Mad magazine artist, died at his home in New Mexico on July 23, 2022 after a brief illness.

Holiday-special animation veterans Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass (Rudolph the Red- Nosed Reindeer, etc.) bring their typically serviceable animation, strong voice work and corny folk ballads to The ...

There's something so comforting about Rankin-Bass cartoons. Maybe it's just childhood memories or the perceived simplicity of a gentler time. I just know it isn't the holidays without them. Although ...

The animation company he ran with Arthur Rankin Jr. gave the world “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “Frosty the Snowman” and much more. By Richard Sandomir Jules Bass, who created an animation empire ...

We watch them every year on television, the timeless holiday specials created by the now-defunct Rankin/Bass Productions. Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass are best known for producing some of the ...

Paul Coker, a cartoonist who was best known for using monsters to parody cliches in Mad magazine over many decades and for creating the look of animated television characters, like Frosty the Snowman, ...

This article originally ran in 2012. With so many new series popping up on streaming services and DVD, it gets harder and harder to keep up with recent shows, much less the all-time classics. With TV ...