Oct 19, 2014

6 Comedy Lessons Chuck Jones Learned from Tex Avery

Click to read the entire piece written by Chuck Jones for the Sunday, August 31, 1980 edition of the Los Angeles Tribune.

In this 1980 tribute to legendary animation director Tex Avery, fellow legendary director Chuck Jones shared six lessons that he learned about comedy from working with Avery in the 1930s. The advice remains essential to any animation director working today:

(via the Directed by Chuck Jones Tumblr)