Do you consider yourself a cartoon historian?

I consider myself a fan of animation, though mostly contemporary animation. Truth be told, I?m not well versed when it comes to animated works that were created before the 90s. My knowledge is limited at best, so to answer your question, I definitely don?t consider myself to be a cartoon historian.
 
I'm somewhere between 'cartoon historian' and 'just a fan of cartoons'. I don't know everything about animation (nor do I claim to), but I know a lot of stuff, and I research info on cartoons whenever I can.
 
Well, I'd consider a "cartoon historian" to be someone who knows a considerable amount about cartoons from all eras, from the 1900's to today.

I could be called a "junior animation historian"
 
Hmm, I know a bunch about classic toons, but I don't know every classic toon. And while I'm an avid fan of today's toons, there are still some shows I have yet to see...

So I'd probably be right-smack in the middle.
 
My college professors called me one back when I was in school. And I could write about the eras of animation in my sleep and knows the industry inside and out (even made a few acquaintances within it). Then again, I'm more or less an animation nerd who writes very well. Until I finish up my book, still just a really exubrant animation fan.
 
Since I'm interested in the history and behind-the-scenes of many animated properties, then yes, I consider myself a historian. I don't consider myself an EXPERT, as I'm learning new things all the time, but my interest in the field means I'd place myself in that category.
 
Yeah, I wouldn't say I'm an expert, but I would consider myself a cartoon historian. I think it was around college when I took a History and Trends in Animation course that I really started collecting animation DVDs not just for the content, but the special features (Fantasia and the Looney Tunes sets have some of the best featurettes IMO). I also bought the Anime Encyclopedia and started reading Walt Disney's biography.
 
Yup. There were times when I'd do research on some of the shows, even doing vidographies on the stories; at one time, I had a list of all the Robotech chapters.
 
What he said. I try to keep an open eye to as many genres, types, eras, and styles of animation as I can, and also learn about how we evolved into each of the following.
 
Since I've graduated from fanboy to serious interest over the years, I guess I can consider myself a historian, as I know plenty of information about animation from the golden age.
 
I like to think of myself as a learning historian, primarily in the field of classic animation. I quite enjoy sharing my knowledge with others, and that encourages me to learn even more.
 
I consider myself a historian because that's what I studied in college and obtained my degree for.

Cartoon historian? Not quite. I don't have near the objectivity or knowledge of the really early (1910 or so) works to give myself that title.
 
Yeah, I'd say that too. I'm definitely a fan of cartoons, but one of Jerry Beck's books awakened the animation historian in me. Besides, I like history anyway so it was bound to happen.
 
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