Japan TV investigates Chinese rip-off of Gumby
Notice any resemblance between the two characters above? We didn’t either… but Japan’s NTV news reporting team did note certain …
Jerry Beck
La Main des Maîtres
Here’s an incredible four minute film – a student film – from France’s Georges Méliès School. The filmmakers are Vivien Chauvet …
Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool
I really love this bizarre retro-ish mixed media music video for the British indie band Editors, directed by the Lennox Brothers (Lee & …
Time Magazine’s Top Ten Controversial Cartoons
In the wake of the latest South Park uproar, Time Magazine has posted a Top Ten list of cartoon controversies. Number #2 on their …
South Park backlash inspires Everybody Draw Mohammed Day
As most of you know by now, last week’s episode of South Park was censored by Comedy Central over fears the show might stoke violent …
Dan DeCarlo’s Jetta
Another day, another great book from Craig Yoe. His latest is a collection of Dan DeCarlo’s futuristic teenage comic books from 1952, …
UCLA Archive animation screening: From Inkwell to Desktop
Heads up on another screening I’m involved with next month in L.A.: From Inkwell to Desktop: A Selection of Early Hand Drawn and Digital …
The Sunday Funnies (4/25/10)
This week, from the top: Mother Goose and Grimm (4/25 and 4/22) by Mike Peters; Baby Blues (4/21) by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott; …
Beautiful Grim
Leif Jeffers, an animator at DreamWorks, wrote in to tell us of an auction that went live on ebay today. It’s called Beautiful Grim. Here …
The Magic of Mary Blair
No one admires the work of Mary, Lee and Preston Blair more than we do. Now Mary’s nieces, Maggie and Jeanne, have just sent word of …
Monday: Cartoon Dump w/Patton Oswalt
As many of you know, every month (on the fourth Monday evening) I co-produce a live comedy/cartoon show, Cartoon Dump, at the Steve Allen …
Avery in N.Y. / Sita in L.A.
Two plugs, two cities: New York, N.Y. TEX AVERY CARTOONS at MoMA. I think this is in conjunction with the massive must-see Tim …
Ted Petok (1917-2010)
Cartoonist, illustrator and Oscar winning animator Ted Petok has passed away at age 93. His Oscar winning short was The Crunch Bird …
Russia’s first animated feature: The Lost Letter (1945)
This is why the Internet was invented. Here’s something I’d never seen or heard of before. “Niffiwan” in Toronto has post on You Tube a …
Imagi’s Gatchaman trailer
Here’s the very cool full length trailer for Imagi’s CG Gatchaman (G-Force) feature – a film that, thanks to Astro Boy, will probably …
Cartoon Network finally announces the new Looney Tunes
Cartoon Network unveiled their new line-up of content today at its annual Advertising Upfront presentation at New York’s Time Warner …
Annie Awards webcast now online
Asifa-Hollywood has post the entire Annie Awards presentation from this past February 6th, from UCLA’s Royce Hall, on You Tube in 15 …
MAD Cartoons coming to Adult Swim
Pssst… I just found out Cartoon Network will be announcing a new animated MAD show at their upfront presentations tomorrow in New York …
Disney fashion spread in Spanish Elle magazine
The April 2010 issue of Elle Spain features a terrific ten-page fashion spread featuring fashion designers reimagined as Disney …
Suspended Animation Gallery
We are long overdue in giving a plug to the Suspended Animation Gallery, an online art collection of pieces produced by Disney animation …
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