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December 8, 2011 12:05 am
I know we have a lot of Jessica Borutski fans here (I’m one of them myself). Jessica has just created this incredible cartoon crest and is selling it as a limited-edition print. It’s available in different color tones (click image above to see the variant editions). A big version (34×36 inches) is limited to 5 prints. The smaller ones (13×15 inches) are a series of 10. Contact Jessica via email – through her website – if you would like to get one. 8 Comments » posted in Animators, jessica Borutski December 7, 2011 5:04 pm
Sad reports coming in that Ricky Garduno, a young storyboard artist for numerous TV shows, has passed away at age 35. The cause of death is still unconfirmed. Some people online are speculating it was suicide, but it also may have been an accidental death. His credits included El Tigre, The Buzz on Maggie, Family Guy, The Drinky Crow Show and Coconut Fred’s Fruit Salad Island! He also created the online comic 1930 Nitemare Theatre, which ran on Dumm Comics for a number of years. He participated in this roundtable discussion about Dumm Comics that we published in 2008. UPDATE: Some lovely tributes about Ricky are being posted online: An example of 1930 Nitemare Theatre from 2009. Click for larger version: Developing… 63 Comments » posted in Animators, Dumm Comics, Ricky Garduno December 4, 2011 11:30 am
Vincent Cafarelli, co-founder of NYC animation shop Buzzco Associates, passed away Friday morning. He was 81 years old. Cafarelli began his career in the 1950s at Paramount’s Famous Studios as an assistant (photo above) but made his name as an animation director at Stars & Stripes Productions Forever in the 1960s and Perpetual Motion Pictures in the 1970s. He began with Buzzco in 1982, becoming its president in 1985. His longtime partner Candy Kugel reported his passing today on Facebook:
For more on Vinnie Cafarelli, I refer you to an excellent tribute on Michael Sporn’s Splog. 7 Comments » posted in Animators, Vincent Caferelli November 9, 2011 9:57 pm
Mike Judge sits down for an interview in the latest issue of Vice. Judge talks openly about the whys and hows of the Beavis and Butt-Head revival. The interviewer Rocco Castoro also asks some unconventional questions, like this memorable exchange:
9 Comments » posted in Animators, TV, Beavis & Butt-head, Vice November 3, 2011 1:29 pm
Resistance is futile! Pat Kirkham’s long-overdue book about graphic design legend and motion picture title innovator Saul Bass is finally out. Saul Bass: A Life in Film and Design Bass had a long and infuential career in graphic and corporate identity design, but today he is perhaps best remembered for his groundbreaking motion picture titles, of which there are 70 examples in the book. To create those, Bass collaborated with many animators throughout his career, including Bill Melendez (It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World titles), Bill Hurtz (Around the World in 80 Days end titles), Fred Crippen (The Sale of Manhattan and Why Man Creates) and John Whitney, Sr. (Vertigo titles). The book is $45 on Amazon
17 Comments » posted in Animators, Books, Titles, Saul Bass October 25, 2011 5:04 am
It’s been an Eyvind Earle kind of week. A couple days ago I stumbled onto an obscure post-Sleeping Beauty Chevrolet commercial that he directed and animated. And tonight I found this half-hour documentary that was written and narrated by him shortly before he died in 2000. The film contains lots of personal history, more of his rarely seen commercial and abstract animation, and a generous serving of his personal philosophies about life. Watch the entire program in three parts: 9 Comments » posted in Animators, Disney, Cartoon Modern, Eyvind Earle October 20, 2011 10:13 pm
Let’s give it up for Google! October 21 marks the 100th anniversary of animation legend Mary Blair’s birth, and Google honored her with the Google Doodle above. And credit to the Google artist who drew it, Mike Dutton. Just for the record, Disney’s own website has done nothing (as far as I can tell) to commemorate Mary Blair’s birth, though when I went there, I was treated to a pop-up congratulating me on being selected to take a Disney Online survey. 21 Comments » posted in Animators, Internet/Blogs, Google, Google Doodles, Mary Blair October 12, 2011 8:03 am
It’s unlikely that you’ll miss this, but for the sake of posterity, let us note that Google’s homepage is celebrating the birth of Gumby and Davey and Goliath creator Art Clokey. Clokey, who passed away last year, would have been 90 years old today. (Thanks to all who emailed us about this.) |
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