Cartoon Culture

Kristen Morgin

Kristen Morgan, an artist and professor at Cal State Long Beach, has a current installation in Hollywood which combines pop culture …

TV

No Bozo: Larry Harmon 1925-2008

Larry Harmon, the actor and animation producer who acquired the rights to Bozo the Clown and turned him into a long running TV franchise …

Books

Jackie Ormes

Another discovery, for me, at the recent Book Expo was this new book from University of Michigan Press. Jackie Ormes: The First African …

Classic

Stu’s Show interviews Fleischer

This Wednesday, July 2nd, Stuart Shostack will broadcast a rare, new, interview with Max Fleischer’s nephew, Bernie Fleischer. Joined by …

Anime

Mind Over Manga

Anime website Digital Manga once again sponsors Pop Japan Travel’s Mind Over Manga Tour from Aug. 21st through August 27th. This year the …

Events

Animated Sounds

Heads up on yet another animation event at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. The Sound Behind The Image II: Now Hear …

Classic

The Clockmaking Monkey (1938)

Here’s a rare treat: El Mono Relojero (The Clockmaking Monkey – Argentina, 1938) is only surviving film by the creator of the first …

Cartoon Culture

Looney Muses

Billy Collins, a former U.S. poet laureate, writes about his love for Warner Bros. Cartoons in today’s Wall Street Journal. This quote …

Disney

Wall•E and Presto talkback

The professional critics have had their say (a huge 98% positive on Rotten Tomatoes). Now it’s your turn to weigh in with an opinion of …

Disney

Ward Kimball on CinemaScope

Several years ago I curated a program of CinemaScope cartoon shorts from the 1950s, which I screened at the Ottawa Animation Festival, …

Anime

Satoshi Kon: Beyond Imagination

Big news for New York anime fans: acclaimed Japanese animation director Satoshi Kon (Paprika, Perfect Blue, etc.) is coming to New York …

Books

Bedrock City

Bedrock City, the kitschy little theme park in Custer, South Dakota, was created in 1966 by a coalition of local concrete makers. …

Disney

Presto and Glago’s Guest

Was privileged to see two new CG shorts last week: Disney Animation’s Glago’s Guest and Pixar’s Presto. Both films couldn’t be more …

Events

Cartoon Dump Tuesday June 24th

Live comedy! Horrible animation! And the return of “Dumpster Diver Dan”! In case you’ve forgotten, Cartoon Dump lives on, live in Los …

Disney

Sleeping Beauty at the Academy

A newly restored, digitally remastered version of Walt Disney’s Sleeping Beauty (1959) will be presented on Friday, July 18, at 7:30 pm …

Classic

Vintage Cartoon Trade Ads

Once again John McElwee, over at his Greenbriar Picture Shows blog, is waxing nostalgic about classic theatrical cartoons. McElwee also …

Flash

The Pughs

Ryan, Jeremy, Alex and Tim – The Muks of Mukpuddy Animation in New Zealand – have taken a break from their day to day animation work to …

Disney

Presto looks good

This preview clip ran on Saturday night after Monsters, Inc. (Thanks, Aldon Spears)

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