Cartoon Culture
How “The Croods”
Builds On A Century of …
We can’t seem to get over our obsession with the caveman, who has
appeared on screen since at least 1912. In fact, anthropologist …
Category Archives: Ideas/Commentary
Disney
In the late-1930s, Walt Disney enlisted German architect and
industrial designer Kem Weber to design a state-of-the-art …
industrial designer Kem Weber to design a state-of-the-art …
Educational
I didn’t really know about animation smears until college. It
was a time when my passion for animation had just kicked into …
was a time when my passion for animation had just kicked into …
Classic
After drawing a crowd of 15,000 attendees to Cowboys Stadium for
a live simulcast of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, the Dallas …
a live simulcast of Mozart’s The Magic Flute, the Dallas …
Ideas/Commentary
Every step of animation production used to require physical exertion or interaction with a physical object. Not so anymore.
Business
The answer may surprise you.
Ideas/Commentary
A commentary worth reading by Jeffrey A. Okun, Chair of the
Visual Effects Society: “We are at a tipping point in our …
Visual Effects Society: “We are at a tipping point in our …
Awards
The Oscar organizers cut off his speech when he tried to talk about the VFX industry. What did Bill Westenhofer want to say?
Ideas/Commentary
As an animation supporter, it’s moments like this that makes you
shake your head and wonder why you even try. In a single …
shake your head and wonder why you even try. In a single …
Ideas/Commentary
Within the last 6 months, two of the biggest U.S. visual effects
houses—Digital Domain and Rhythm & Hues—have declared …
houses—Digital Domain and Rhythm & Hues—have declared …
Ideas/Commentary
Dice Tsutsumi and Robert Kondo show that there’s more than one way to raise money for an animated short.
Business
Character designer Stephen Silver is mad as hell, and he’s not going to take it anymore.
Disney
Walt Disney has been accused of being everything from a racist to an anti-Semite to a megalomaniac. What can the Disney company …
Ideas/Commentary
Lots of wonderful, crazy, and frustrating things happened in the animation world last year, and we covered most of it on …
Animators
The William Joyce brand has been uniformly successful across various media platforms—except for one arena: CG animated features.
