We are truly fortunate to be a preferred gallery with Linda Jones Ent., the company run by the daughter and grand-son of the legendary Warner Brothers/Looney Tunes animator, Chuck Jones. We also participate in a number of their charity auctions and picked up this amazing drawing from one of those - so this is direct from the source!
It is a production animation cel drawing - perhaps preliminary or layout, but either way hand-drawn by the legendary director Chuck Jones! It is from "Spaced Out Bunny" from 1980. The cartoon was part of the television special "Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over" on CBS, which aired May 21, 1980. Spaced Out Bunny is one of the four Bugs Bunny cartoons produced during 1979–1980, the first new shorts since 1964's False Hare. Spaced Out Bunny would also be the last Warner Brothers-released short to have Mel Blanc voicing Bugs. We've shown a screenshot of the moment from the short. Measures approximately 10.5" x 12.5".
On the one hand, Chuck Jones needs no introduction, on the other hand, it’s incredibly impressive to see a few of his accomplishments laid out in one paragraph. He is of course one of the legendary directors of the classic Looney Tunes shorts from Warner Brothers that feature iconic characters like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Wile E Coyote, Yosemite Sam and more. He directed many of the WWII Private Snafu shorts, then left WB in 1962 to start his own company where he made a new series of “Tom and Jerry” shorts. His company also made the classic Dr. Seuss’ “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” - Chuck personally convinced Dr Seuss to let his book be turned into an animated cartoon. His company went on to make many other animated classics like The Phantom Tollbooth, Rikki Tikki Tavi and later, Mrs. Doubtfire. Along the way he won three Acadamy Awards, eventually also picking up a Lifetime Achievement Oscar. In 1994, one of his most acclaimed WB shorts, “What’s Opera, Doc?” with Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd was voted the greatest cartoon of all time. He formed another company with his daughter, Linda Jones Enterprises and in the 1980’s/90’s began formally marketing and selling the animated and fine artwork he had created over the course of his amazing career. And in 1999 he founded the non-profit Chuck Jones Center for Creativity. He even has a star on the Hollywood walk of fame!
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