The Jones Boy

One more thought about Chuck Jones: One would have expected the tributes and regrets that are now filling the animation-oriented sectors of the Internet.  What is even more amazing — and indicative of his influence — is the mourning taking place in forums that have nothing to do with cartoons or comics.  On political chat boards, sports newsgroups, discussion groups of all subjects, one finds an outpouring of respect and people outside the cartoon community writing of their sense of loss.  I suspect those of us who thought of Chuck just for what he did for animation vastly underestimated his impact on American popular culture.  He left his fingerprints on an entire generation or three…