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Golden Age Cartoons (abbreviated GAC) is a website devoted to the classic animation from the Golden Age of American cinema. On GAC you will find some of most informative websites about many of these great cartoons, along with an excellent discussion forum and news updates.
Since its launch on August 18, 2004, Golden Age Cartoons, has been featured and praised by many print and online sources including:
 USA Today "Hot Site"
August, 2004 |
 Yahoo! "Pick of the Day"
August 23, 2004 |
 Good Housekeeping
"Site of the Day"
Sept. 21, 2004 |
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GoldenAgeCartoons.com has also been mentioned on About.com, TVShowsonDVD.com, Jerry Beck's Cartoon Brew, MichaelBarrier.com, Animated News, Animation World Network, and in a bunch of local newspapers.
If you would like to contact the Golden Age Cartoons team, you can send an e-mail to:
gacforums ----AT---- gmail.comNOSPAM
(Remove the spaces, NOSPAM and other nonsense, of course)
GAC is always interested in helping promote high quality classic cartoon products. So, send us all your free promotional goodies.
If you'd like to make a donation of a little money to help keep this site up and running you can donate through the Paypal button below (every little bit helps!):
GAC is maintained by:
Jon Cooke: Jon Cooke is GAC's founder and head webmaster. Within the site, Jon manages The Ultimate Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Website, which he launched in August 1996 and which has been going strong ever since. He administrates our Termite Terrace Trading Post, the renowned classic animation forum that's been online since March 1998. Jon also contributes concepts to GAC New Funnies and animation research to The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia.
Matthew Hunter: Matthew Hunter came to The Termite Terrace Trading Post in 1998. His Too Looney webpage (previously Matthew Hunter's Unofficial Looney Tunes Page) debuted in 1999; its Merrie Messages board merged with the TTTP in April 2001. One of Matthew's greatest achievements came in 2002, when he successfully petitioned Cartoon Network to return Speedy Gonzales to their Looney Tunes programming. The petition, covered by major news media, received more than two thousand signatures. An artist in his spare time, Matthew is creator of the comic characters Bill and Buster and Doc and Horace, both of whom appear today on GAC's New Funnies pages.
Charles Brubaker: Charles Brubaker's web activities began somewhat earlier on: his original Lost Kartoon Page slowly developed into the comprehensive DePatie-Freleng Website, which he now maintains for us at GAC. Away from the web, Charles has been a research associate to Jerry Beck on the book, Pink Panther: The Ultimate Visual Guide.
David Gerstein: Starting out as a package designer with Bosko Video, David Gerstein went on to edit Fantagraphics Books' Nine Lives to Live: A Classic Felix Celebration (1996). More recently, he has been a research associate to Jerry Beck on Looney Tunes: The Ultimate Visual Guide and Animation Art: From Pencil to Pixel. With Pietro Shakarian, David maintains The Classic Felix the Cat Page on GAC. They are also co-founders of the Oswald Rabbit and Van Beuren Tom and Jerry projects on Jerry Beck's Cartoon Research. Alone, David also maintains The Cartoon Pop Music Page; away from the net, he is Gemstone Publishing's in-house archival editor, working on various Disney comics and books.
Lee Glover: Lee Glover has been interested in classic animation since the early 1980s, when there was a wealth of cartoons on the BBC (yep, he's English!). Missing the good ol' days, the "guv'nor" joined The Termite Terrace Trading Post in January 2003, and later became a GAC moderator and DVD reviewer in March 2008. He maintains his own blog, showcasing some of the most rare and peculiar cartoons in his ever-growing collection.
Andrea Ippoliti: Andrea Ippoliti is an enthusiast of classic American animation and comics. In 2005, he created a blog (now affiliated with GAC) with the purpose of promoting the significance of American animation in international film history. In 2008, he became a GAC forum moderator and DVD reviewer. Outside of GAC, he serves as a lawyer in his native Italy.
Kevin Martinez: Kevin Martinez joined the GAC forums in 2004. He is an aspiring webcomic and webtoon creator as well as animation researcher. He presently writes reviews for GAC and maintains his own blog The Pediatrist's Playground, launched in 2006.
Pietro Shakarian: In 2002, Pietro Shakarian helped create and launch The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia. Since 2004, he has also maintained The Columbia Crow's Nest, GAC's Columbia/UPA site, and The Classic Felix the Cat Page with David Gerstein, also on GAC. They are also collaborated on the Oswald Rabbit and Van Beuren Tom and Jerry projects for Jerry Beck's Cartoon Research.
Tom Stathes: A hardcore fan, collector and researcher of silent animation, Tom Stathes has enjoyed watching classic cartoons since his childhood. He later became interested in locating and preserving silent cartoons and has been doing just that ever since. He maintains a blog and seeks to both share early animation and fund the acquisition of additional rare materials via his DVD project. Tom currently serves as a moderator on the GAC forums.
Jack Tatay: Jack Tatay founded and continues to maintain GAC's Classic Cartoon Records page, featuring in-depth looks at animated stars – careers on vintage LPs. An accomplished artist, Jack draws original comics for GAC New Funnies. As a cartoon researcher, Jack is a frequent contributor to both The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia and The Unofficial Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Page.
Larry Tremblay: Larry Tremblay not only loves cartoons, he lives them. After a lifetime of watching and enjoying cartoons on TV, he attended Sheridan college in 1985 with aspirations on becoming an animator and got his chance submitting artwork for random productions including commercials, music videos, independent films and some television productions including Beetlejuice, Tiny Toon Adventures, and The Simpsons. Unfortunately, however, in the late 80s, animation was looked at as a dying market, so he turned his interests to 3D artwork and digital design, contributing to select videogames consoles titles including X-box, Nintendo, PS2, and GameBoyAdvance. Now he's just a boring old computer programmer/graphic artist who wastes a big chunk of his earnings and time on collecting, archiving, and enjoying animation in all forms.
Thad Komorowski: Thad Komorowski played a significant role in the launch of GAC in 2004 but left in 2007. He is currently attending the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, seeking a Bachelor's of Science Degree in Media Arts and Animation.
Dan Porceddu: Dan Porceddu assisted in the launch of GAC and maintained the GAC Store before moving on to other interests.
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