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Category Archives: Animators

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Animators

The Amazing Mr.
Bickford

Clay puppets, miniature sets, cutouts, replacement animation,
aluminum foil, “strato-cut” slices, molten wax, and other …

irvspector

Animators

Rediscovering Irv Spector
by Amid Amidi   Wednesday August 13, 2008   11:21 am
Director Michael Sporn has recently been in touch with the son
of animation legend Irv Spector. Spector worked as an …
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withbob420

Animators

B&F meet Freleng and Clampett
by Jerry Beck   Saturday August 9, 2008   12:00 pm
Once again, I’ve dug out a few embarrassing photos of myself
which I thought I’d post online for posterity. In 1982, Will …
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garymooney

Animators

Gary Mooney 1930-2008
by Jerry Beck   Thursday August 7, 2008   12:05 am
Bob Kurtz reports that veteran animator Gary Mooney passed away
on Tuesday August 5th at age 78. The cause was cancer. Kurtz …
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goldbergpodcast

Animators

Eric Goldberg Speaks
by Amid Amidi   Tuesday August 5, 2008   12:56 pm
The cuddliest man in animation, Eric Goldberg, is interviewed on
the latest edition of the Animation Podcast. The chat is an …
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Animators

Bob Godfrey Documentary
by Amid Amidi   Sunday August 3, 2008   3:34 am
A short but delightful BBC special (in two parts) about British
animation legend Bob Godfrey. It’s from the …
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blairkausler78

Animators

More Blair swipes
by Jerry Beck   Sunday August 3, 2008   12:05 am
The Preston Blair rip-offs never end. Mark Kausler sent us
this 78rpm kiddie record cover, which proves the swiping …
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Animators

Bakshi at Comic-Con
by Jerry Beck   Saturday August 2, 2008   1:00 pm
The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive posted this nice clip of
Ralph Bakshi advising animators from the San Diego Comic Con …
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deitchinterviews

Animators

Comics Journal interviews Gene Deitch
by Jerry Beck   Friday August 1, 2008   12:05 am
I picked up the latest Comics Journal (October 2008, No. 292) at
the Comic Con last week and it’s essentially a book length …
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benedict_barbara.jpg

Animators

Tony Benedict’s Online Scrapbook
by Amid Amidi   Saturday July 26, 2008   12:48 pm
Animation artist Tony Benedict (no relation to Ed) has a
personal website that offers a mishmash of photos, gag drawings …
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Animators

San Diego: Bill Presing
by Amid Amidi   Wednesday July 23, 2008   6:51 pm
Pixar storyboard artist and Rex Steele: Nazi Smasher co-creator
Bill Presing will debut his new “cute cartoon girl” book …
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jjvillard.jpg

Animators

San Diego: JJ Villard
by Amid Amidi   Wednesday July 23, 2008   5:39 pm
JJ Villard, who set the animation world ablaze a few years back
with his amazing student films and then somehow ended up …
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dougsweetland.jpg

Animators

Presto Director Speaks
by Amid Amidi   Friday July 18, 2008   10:28 pm
Spline Doctors, the animation education blog run by Pixar
animators, offers up a new audio interview with Doug Sweetland, …
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siepermannartwork.jpg

Animators

Harald Siepermann Designs Galore
by Amid Amidi   Wednesday July 2, 2008   12:39 pm
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janica.jpg

Animators

Japanese Animators Unionize
by Amid Amidi   Friday June 20, 2008   8:37 am
Beginning this month, a group consisting of hundreds of Japanese
animation artists have launched the Japan Animation …
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