Cartoon Snap
Cartoonist Sherm Cohen (Spongebob Squarepants, The Mighty B) has a great blog where, for the last several weeks, he’s been posting …
Jerry Beck
TRON in cardboard
Tron’s light-cycle chase recreated in cardboard, with stop-motion and pixilation techniques – no CG! (Thanks Mark Mayerson)
Earliest Anime found
A pair of animated films, discovered last year at an antique market in Osaka, have been identified as two of the earliest cartoons ever …
Renegade to make Funny Face
Loud Mouth Lime, Jolly Olly Orange and Goofy Grape are poised for a comeback. Our friends at Renegade Animation (Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, …
1933 Interview with Tex Avery
Jaime Weinman has just posted a rare — and significant — piece of cartoon research: an interview with Tex Avery, from 1933, published …
Hanna Barbera Treasury – now Leather Bound!
Imagine curling up in your comfy recliner chair, snug in your smoking jacket, slippers and monocle, pipe in your mouth and brandy snifter …
Friday late-night Brew Radio
Here’s one for you night owls: Once again I’ll be discussing classic cartoons with Morgan White Jr. on Boston’s oldest and biggest radio …
Pixar art exhibit at L.A. Auto Museum
Starting this Saturday the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles (at Fairfax and Wilshire) will be hosting an Art of Cars Exhibition. …
Woody Woodpecker #2 Preview
This’ll be the first of several previews and unabashed plugs I’ll be doing in advance of the April 15th release of Woody Woodpecker and …
A Popeye publicity photo
Speaking of Fleischer Studios (as I did in the post below), I love these Paramount publicity shots. Here’s a great photo from 1938 …
Ray Pointer on Stu’s Show
Animator, filmmaker, and cartoon historian Ray Pointer will be dispensing his wealth of knowledge for two full hours on Stu’s Show all …
Animator Comics Super-Market
Super*market LA is a quarterly independent comics event based in Los Angeles. The next one, this Sunday March 30th, will spotlight comic …
The Origin of Mankind
They say animation warps impressionable minds. Here is a piece of propaganda that was created to scare people from becoming Mormon, …
2007 Award Finalist: The Hanna Barbera Treasury
I just found out that my Hanna Barbera Treasury has become a finalist in ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Awards. Before we get …
The Chimney
Not exactly animation (though there’s some pixilation), Steve Cloutier’s The Chimney makes terrific use of a cartoon music favorite: …
Top Carrot
Tim Hollis sent this in:Last night, while clearing things out of a glass display case, I found the this plastic bag that someone sent to …
Get Well Soon, Jim Korkis
Animation historian Jim Korkis had a series of three small strokes last week. The strokes were in a portion of the brain that control …
Mike Nguyen’s blog
Mike Nguyen is one of the best traditional character animators I know. Fiercely independent, Mike’s working on his own feature film …
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