Meet The Team

Jane Fleischer Reid

Jane is Max Fleischer’s granddaughter. 

She created Fabulous Fleischer Cartoons Restored to assemble, digitize and restore the Fleischer cartoon library.

Daughter of motion picture director Richard Fleischer, and married to filmmaker Max Reid, Jane also sits on the Board of Directors of Fleischer Studios, Inc.

Mauricio Alvarado

Mauricio Alvardo runs RockinPins.com which celebrates classic pop culture through official merchandise.  Through his love of classic animation, Mauricio has teamed up with Fabulous Fleischer Cartoons to help locate & produce live events that showcase the films of Max Fleischer.  His goal is to inspire a new generation of fans to appreciate these iconic films and garner a new interest in traditional animation.

Claire Fleischer

Claire Fleischer is the great-granddaughter of Max Fleischer.  She began working Fabulous Fleischer Cartoons Restored in 2024 and has loved gaining a deeper appreciation for her family’s work and its place in culture.

Claire also works as the Membership Manager for nonprofit Film Independent in Los Angeles.

Thad Komorowski 

Thad Komorowski is an animation historian, comic book writer, and digital restoration artist.  He is the proprietor of Cineaste Restoration, and his work has appeared on the Criterion Collection, Kino Lorber’s Blu-Rays, Turner Classic Movies, and MeTV, to name only a few clients.  He is the author of the acclaimed Sick Little Monkeys: The Unauthorized Ren & Stimpy Story.

Heliana Mano

Heliana is working as Director of Bookings for Fabulous Fleischer Cartoons Restored.  She is a keen researcher, salesperson, client and deadline oriented.  Heliana helps build long lasting relationships with various cinemas and theatres.

She holds a B.A. in Business Administration (with a focus in Marketing/HR and a Minor in Journalism).  Her past experiences include Marketing, HR, Admin, Research and Business Operations.  Growing up in Southeast Europe, Heliana fondly remembers the cartoons of Popeye the Sailorman (another Fleischertoons lover).