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Artist of the Day: Olga Stern
by Chris McDonnell   Saturday May 18, 2013   10:49 am
Olga Stern is a visual development artist based in Toronto who
also illustrates books. You can visit her website, blog, other …
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Disney

Digging into Disney’s “Day of the Dead” Problem
by Chappell Ellison   Saturday May 18, 2013   8:49 am
Last week after word got out that Disney was seeking to
trademark “Día de los Muertos” in preparation for its 2015 …
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Advertising

Oreo “Wonderfilled Anthem” Directed by Martin Allais
by Michael Ruocco   Friday May 17, 2013   7:58 pm
If there’s anything that can both dazzle my senses and make me
crave Oreos, it’s this 90-second animation for Oreo’s new …
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Crowdfund Fridays

Help Crowdfund the First Animated Feature from Costa Rica
by Amid Amidi   Friday May 17, 2013   11:52 am
For this week’s crowdfunding profile, we travel to Central
America where the husband-and-wife team of Guillermo Tovar C. …
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Cartoon Brew Podcasts

Frenzer Foreman Animation Forum #2: Desiree Stavracos
by Amid Amidi   Friday May 17, 2013   9:07 am
Today on the Frenzer Foreman Animation Forum, Bill Plympton’s
producer Desiree Stavracos visits the program. She talks about …
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Artist of the Day

Artist of the Day: Nicolas Dehghani
by Chris McDonnell   Friday May 17, 2013   8:29 am
Nicolas Dehghani is an artist in Paris who draws and creates
animated productions as part of the CRCR collective. He …
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Anime

“Ghost in the Shell: Arise” Gets First Full Trailer
by C. Edwards   Thursday May 16, 2013   8:53 am
For fans of the much beloved franchise, Ghost in the Shell, a
prequel to the 1995 anime by Masamune Shirow titled Ghost in …
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Events

This Sunday in NYC: ASIFA-East Animation Festival Awards
by Amid Amidi   Wednesday May 15, 2013   9:40 pm
It’s the time of year again when the East Coast animation
community gathers to recognize its own. This Sunday in …
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Artist of the Day: Geneviève Godbout
by Chris McDonnell   Wednesday May 15, 2013   10:02 am
Geneviève Godbout is an illustrator from Quebec who studied in
Montreal and Paris before moving to London where she …
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Artist of the Day: Charles Huettner
by Chris McDonnell   Tuesday May 14, 2013   2:35 pm
Charles Huettner is a Pennsylvania-based artist and animator.
He’s a founding member of the Late Night Work Club that will be …
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Awards

Anifilm 2013 Report: An Exciting Time For Animated Features
by Amid Amidi   Tuesday May 14, 2013   12:58 pm
I returned a few days ago from the Czech Republic where I judged
the feature film categories at Anifilm, a fun festival …
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The NY Times Compares Walt Disney to Hitler for Apparently No Reason
by Amid Amidi   Tuesday May 14, 2013   7:41 am
In last weekend’s NY Times Sunday Magazine, the paper published
a profile of artist Paul McCarthy in connection with his new …
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Animators

This Thursday at Cinefamily: New CalArts Animation
by Amid Amidi   Monday May 13, 2013   8:18 pm
This Thursday, Cinefamily (611 North Fairfax Ave, LA, CA) will
present “Autarky: Frontier Animation,” a collection of 26 …
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Feature Film

Watch the Trailer for Ari Folman’s “The Congress”
by Amid Amidi   Monday May 13, 2013   6:35 pm
A promising trailer was released today for The Congress, the new
live-action/animated hybrid directed by Waltz with Bashir …
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CGI

Max Headroom and the Strange World of Pseudo-CGI
by Neil Emmett   Monday May 13, 2013   11:46 am
Fake CG animation was a big deal in the early-1980s. What can digital animators today learn from this short-lived trend?
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