Warner Brothers Cels

Only Warner Bros. has ever managed to mount a serious challenge to Disney for the title of "best in classic animation." Most of the Warner Bros. cartoons we all know and love were shown in theaters years before many of today's fans were born. And therein lies much of Warner's advantage over their contemporary competitors. Warner Brothers cartoons were primarily aimed at adult moviegoers. Therefore, the humor could be more sophisticated and deal more deliberately with current events, especially during and immediately following World War II. When, around 1960, making cartoons for the movie theaters stopped being profitable, Warner Bros. shut down their animation unit. Sadly, the studio threw away the vast majority of the original artwork they had created over the years. But television brought Chuck Jones and Friz Freleng back to the animation table, and they continued to make some wonderful cartoons for many years thereafter. Here we offer for sale some samples of those fabulous characters.