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Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner all cleaned up and ready for Hollywood’s biggest night, the Academy Awards. Drawing from the opening title sequence of “Little Go Beep.”

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Baby Wile E. Coyote’s test of his trap goes perfectly; the boxing glove takes out the stand-in bowling pins. Now he just needs to reset the spring and wait for the Road Runner. What could go wrong? Layout drawing from “Little Go Beep.”

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Drawing from the opening title sequence of “Little Go Beep,” depicting the Road Runner/Coyote chase thru the decades. This one celebrates the streaking craze of the 1970’s.

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Rough drawing of the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, over the famous Warner Bros. bullseye. This early layout was made for the opening credits of “Little Go Beep.”

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The Wile E. Coyote/Road Runner chase continues thru the decades, in the opening credit sequence for “Little Go Beep.” Here the freeze frame catches them mid action in the soulful 70’s.

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Color mark up for baby Wile E. Coyote, for the short “Little Go Beep.” Cartoon Colour paint strips were referenced for the color fills, even though this production would be inked and painted digitally.

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Having the corner office isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, as Daffy finds himself having to really think for once. From the episode “Working Duck” of “The Looney Tunes Show,” 2011.

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From the episode “Newspaper Thief,” of “The Looney Tunes Show,” Daffy admires his parade float vehicle, constructed with paper mache. Bugs is not impressed.

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Post-it note storyboards from the episode “Working Duck” of “The Looney Tunes Show,” 2011. Daffy’s tirade after being fired from his security guard gig for falling asleep during a robbery, he’s not a robot after all. “Am I made of metal? Do I blink my robot eyes? Do I eat nuts and bolts for breakfast? No. I eat a breakfast burrito. Every day. Name one robot that eats a breakfast burrito everyday. You can’t. And do you know why you can’t? Because robots don’t have souls!”-Daffy Duck

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Daffy threatens to leave, but Bugs points out that he owns the suitcase. So Daffy will just have to take his stuff. He’s gone, “G-O-N,” gone!

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Jerry Eisenberg, a longtime Hanna-Barbera artist, passed away last week. We were fortunate to have had the pleasure of working with him on some of our Scooby-Doo DTV films, where he worked as a storyboard artist. This drawing of Ruff and Reddy was drawn by Jerry and has hung in a place of honor in my home for many years.

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Celebrating Presidents’ Day here in the United States, with two of our greatest, our First Catmander in Chief, and The Great Emousepator!

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“Have a heart!” Jerry offers up a Valentine’s greeting, that catches Tom off guard, and lets the duo take the day off from the chases. Happy Valentine’s Day!

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Foghorn Leghorn likes himself a good muffin, but choosing one can be quite the task. Blueberry, or jam filled? Perhaps lemon poppyseed! From the episode “Working Duck” of “The Looney Tunes Show,” 2011.

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“What’s up, doc?” Bugs Bunny surprises Daffy while he is surfing the web. So many windows to close. “Just doing a little research, nothing to see here.” From “Working Duck,” episode 20 of ”The Looney Tunes Show,” 2011.

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Happy 85th Birthday, Tom and Jerry! The first “Tom and Jerry” cartoon, “Puss Gets the Boot,” directed by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera, was released on February 10th, 1940.

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The Martian Queen was an original character that we created for the “Duck Dodgers” series to be Marvin’s boss. We costumed her in a vaguely Cleopatra-like outfit, to complement Marvin’s Roman style armor, and the classic look of Mars. We were delighted to have Tia Carrere join the cast to play Queen Tyr'ahnee, who quickly became a favorite of the show.