Animated cartoons are part of a multi-billion dollar mass communications industry that began shortly before the turn of the 20th century. The first cartoons appeared almost with the birth of the film industry. Beginning with the late 1920s, cartoon "shorts" appeared in almost every double feature. But by the late 1960s, the major studios had eliminated the theatrical cartoon shorts, only to resurrect them for a younger television audience. Cartoon Monickers is the story not only of cartoons, but of the film and television industries, and American social values.
Dr. Brasch is a social issues columnist and a professor emeritus of mass communications and journalism. He is active in several social issues, including animal rights, civil rights, free expression, due process, and anti-war movements. He was a newspaper and magazine reporter and editor, writer-producer of multi-screen multimedia productions, and publicist for social action and non-profit organizations. He is co-founder and executive vice-president of the NE Pa. Homeless Alliance, and vice-president of the ACLU Central Susquehanna chapter.
During a four decade career as a journalist, he ha
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