Matt Groening (left) and Animation World Magazine publisher Ron Diamond. © 1997 Animation World Network.

In the late 1970s, with his daughter, Linda Jones, Chuck began to create limited-edition animation art depicting characters and scenes from his films. Through a unique license agreement with Warner Bros., they began producing and distributing the limited-edition art through Linda Jones Enterprises, Inc.(LJE). In December 1996, Linda Jones wrote "Through The Looking-Cel. . . Er, Glass," an article for Animation World Magazine about how these endeavors in animation art began. Now, in addition to operating three dedicated Chuck Jones Showroom galleries, LJE has product in more than 150 galleries and museums worldwide.

During his more than 60-years in animation, Chuck Jones has created more than 300 animated films, and has directed some of the most acclaimed animated shorts of all time, including Rabbit Seasoning, Duck Dodgers in the 24th 1/2 Century and Duck Amuck. He has won three Oscars, and received an honorary Oscar from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1996. In addition, he has received numerous lifetime achievement awards and honorary doctorate degrees, has been subject of many retrospectives and exhibitions, and has a star in his name on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Further Reading:

"Through The Looking-Cel. . . Er, Glass," by Linda Jones. Animation World Magazine, December 1996.

Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of An Animated Cartoonist, by Chuck Jones. Farrar Straus Giroux, New York. 1989.

Wendy Jackson is Associate Editor of Animation World Magazine.