HE-MAN DVD CONTEST

CONTEST OVER!Okay He-Man fans – this one was for you. This morning, the first two readers who sent in the correct answers to the question …

Tartakovsky Moving Into Features (Again)

Big buzzworthy story here: VARIETY reports that Genndy Tartakovsky (creator, SAMURAI JACK, DEXTER’S LABORATORY; director, STAR WARS: …

Pyrats at Gobelins

A group of French animation students at the school Gobelins have started a blog documenting the production of their animated short …

SMARTER THAN THE AVERAGE

Julian Goford and Jonathan Sloman inform us that at 7pm GMT on Wednesday the 19th of October, Resonance 104.4FM (London’s first radio art …

A HE-MAN CONTEST

Here’s something I never thought I’d post (and Amid will probably cringe when he sees it): a picture of Filmation’s HE-MAN. The complete …

WALLACE & GROMIT: GOOD NEWS AND BAD

THE GOOD NEWS: Wallace and Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit opens as the number #1 film of the week, with a box office gross of 16.1 …

PATRICK MORGAN

Thank you Patrick Morgan for sending me your full color, 54 page sketch book! And you have a blog! Keep up the great work.

Why Europeans Teach Animation Better

A lot of people over the past few years (myself included) have been highly impressed with student animation films coming out of European …

R.I.P. TV GUIDE (1952-2005)

The final digest sized, pulp paper issue of TV GUIDE is on sale this week. At least they go out with a bang: 9 covers featuring current …

War Photographer

Cold Hard Flash liked this music video.Drawn liked this music video.And now it’s my turn to like it. “War Photographer” is a Flash …

Dali and Disney in PRINT

The new issue of PRINT (Sept/Oct) has a good piece by John Canemaker about the legendary collaboration between Walt Disney and Salvador …

Book Illustration Done Right

Illustrator Eric Sturdevant has a really excellent collection of scans of children’s illustrated books on Flickr. There is gorgeous art …

Magic Malibu Kingdom

Now that Michael Eisner is no longer desecrating the Disney name on a daily basis, he’s going to spend his time building his dream house …

Devin Crane Art Show in LA

Devin Crane, currently a vis dev artist at DreamWorks Feature Animation, is having a one-man show at Gallery Nineteen Eighty Eight (7020 …

More Praise for Wallace & Gromit

Former ANIMATO! editor Harry McCracken calls WALLACE AND GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT “the most enjoyable non-Pixar non-Japanese …

Ottawa Trip Reports

I’m still working on my own little write-up about the Ottawa Animation Festival, but there’s a whole lot of festival coverage being …

OTTAWA PIX ON FPS

Emru and Tamu Townsend have posted a plethora of pics from the Ottawa International Animation Festival (including a few capturing the …

VOICES FOR KATRINA

In an effort to raise money for the Red Cross to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina, the CESD Talent Agency is sending their clients to the …

ZIP-A-DEE-DOO-DAH!

FILM THREAT on the current status of Disney’s SONG OF THE SOUTH.

JANET KLEIN

As usual on the first Thursday of every month, I’ll be showing several 16mm films at the Steve Allen Theatre (at 4773 Hollywood Blvd. in …

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