Mary and Max opens Sundance
The Sundance Film Festival in Park City started last Thursday night, kicking off with an independent animated feature by Adam Elliot. The …
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Disney Moments Flipbooks
Disney hasn’t figured out every way to merchandise their brand… but they’re coming very close! Check this out: Now you can …
Coraline sneak peek
I’ll keep it brief: Go see this film! I saw Laika’s Coraline tonight and, despite the publicists request to embargo reviews for three …
Dan Gordon tribute
Animator Sherm Cohen has posted an illustrated tribute to cartoonist/storyman/cartoon director Dan Gordon (Popeye, SuperKatt, The …
Mickey Transformers
Say hello to Mecha-Mouse! Going on sale next month in Japan are a pair of Mickey Mouse Transformers toys. One in shimmering black and …
Krazy over Herriman
Kat lovers unite – you’re about to be hit with a brick! Craig Yoe has just started a website devoted to cartoonist George …
Animation’s 2nd-Class Status
Film reporter Patrick Goldstein, in today’s LA Times, writes about movies that are long shots for the Oscar’s Best Picture nomination. …
Tonight at L.A.’s Silent Movie Theatre
Sound cartoons… Disturbing sound cartoons. Cartoons too violent, too scary, too depressing and, though made decades ago for all ages, …
Comics and the American Jewish Dream
Wanna meet three comic art legends? The YIVO Institute in New York will be presenting one-on-one interviews with three comic book …
Cel-ebrating Animation’s New York Roots
We’ve plugged the forthcoming It All Started Here! several times already, but once more couldn’t hurt. I also couldn’t resist posting …
T28 teaser trailer
Already deep in production on Astro Boy and Gatchaman, the creative heads at Imagi Studios now have their sights set on another classic …
Times Up! What are your favorite Looney Tunes?
The Looney Balloons above remind me that today is the deadline for you to contribute your personal lists of favorite Warner Bros. …
Steve Martin in Disneyland Dream
A postscript to my post last week on the Library of Congress selection of the home movie Disneyland Dream to the National Film …
Disney’s Secret of the Magic Gourd
If you believed Roadside Romeo was Disney’s oddest co-production; or if you thought Disney couldn’t sink any lower than producing the …
Essential Visual Music: Rare Classics
The UCLA Film and Television Archive and the Center for Visual Music (CVM) are presenting a program of rarely screened 16mm and 35mm …
That Guy With The Glasses reviews Nicktoons
And let me also take the opportunity to plug this book.
Winter Song
Songwriters Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson released an animated video for their holiday single Winter Song. The animation was …
Animation Month on Shokus Radio
It’s “Animation Month” for Stu’s Show on Shokus Internet Radio. The current voice of Porky Pig, Bob Bergen, kicks off things with an …
Sexy Disney “Fine Art”
These pieces (of art) were spotted on display aboard a recent Disney Cruise, for a very high priced auction by the Park West gallery. …
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