Harvey Art Show

Tonight is the opening of The Art of Harvey Comics exhibit over at the Van Eaton Gallery on Ventura Blvd. Many pieces in this exhibit are …

UCLA Preserved Silent Animation website

Last night, Bill Kroyer and I participated in an animation panel at the Hammer Museum, which followed a screening of some newly restored …

Male (1962) by Osamu Tezuka

An odd rarity by Astro Boy creator Osamu Tezuka that probably works best in a dark theater. It’s available with twelve of his other …

Allen Swift (1924-2010)

Gene Deitch just informed us of the passing of his long-time personal friend Allen Swift. Swift (born Ira Stadlen) was best known for …

Warner Bros. Animators ID

Cartoon Research continues…. Earlier this week we posted about a vintage Leon Schlesinger studio program for a Christmas play …

Cool T-Shirt Design: Cartoon Wigs Museum

I love this T-shirt design by Rodrigo Leonardo Batista Ferreira (aka rodrigobhz). Ferreira submitted this to Threadless.com and won their …

More Van Eaton Goodies

Mike Van Eaton comes up with animation odds and ends all the time. I have no purpose in posting these except that I find them fascinating …

The CGI Yogi

I wasn’t going to post about this. I was sent these images of CGI Yogi and Boo Boo a few days ago and decided they were so horrible that …

Fleischer’s Secret Story-Telling Chart

Well, I don’t know if it was a secret, but here’s a rare publicity photo of Dave Fleischer with a “story mood chart” indicating story …

Vintage German ad for Felina lingerie

The animation isn’t so good, but the imagery – not to mention the live action ladies in their under garments – make this vintage German …

1962 Bullwinkle article

Not many TV cartoon shows of the 50s and 60s made it into the pages of gossip and fan magazines – much less the cover – but NBC’s prime …

Long Drawn-Out Trip by Gerald Scarfe

The Lost Continent is a real treasure of a blog and has introduced me to lots of great British animation over the past few months, some …

Sony to produce CG 3D Popeye feature

Once again we take note of a new Popeye project, again in CG, and for the second time in his career – in 3D. Variety is reporting on …

Sexy 1950s Camay Soap animated spots

Who needs Viagra??? Just get a bar of Camay Soap! Check out this set of five smokin’ hot animated spots from the 1950s that our …

Milt Gross meets Bob Clampett

One more plug for Craig Yoe’s Milt Gross book (it deserves it) now that you can order it on Amazon (for $29.19). Craig searched high and …

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