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DON BLUTH: AUTHOR

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Meet my new favorite animation artist of the moment: Chris Harding. I’d never heard of him until yesterday when I ran across his name on …

A couple Brew readers wrote in to correct some of my recent sloppy reportage. In this ITEM posted on paid product placements in …

The Brewmasters – Jerry Beck and Amid Amidi – would like to thank Ken Pontac for being our “Guest Brewer” the last couple months and …

Today is the official publication date of the new book ANIMATION ART which I participated in as a writer and General Editor.The book is a …

On his excellent blog AniPages Daily, Ben Ettinger discusses a show that airs on NHK (“Japan’s PBS,” as he puts it) called DIGITAL …

My pals Tom Sito, Roger Shulman and Heather Kenyon are appearing on a panel together on Wednesday night, for the Learning Annex in L.A., …

An inappropriate response to this book: “Remember the good old days when they were content just to be ink-and-paint girls?” Read more …

Last night, I walked into the theater hopeful but prepared for disappointment. After waiting for THE INCREDIBLES for what has seemed like …

Two years ago I helped Kit Parker Films and VCI Entertainment put out a dvd compilation of Max Fleischer Color Classics, under the title

I was invited at the last minute, last night, to attend the world premiere party for THE INCREDIBLES. Antran Manoogian (president of …

Another sad day in modern animation history (and it sure seems like we have a lot of them). The NY TIMES reports that Comedy Central’s …

I’m still working on my Ottawa Animation Festival write-up, and by “working on” I mean procrastinating, so in the meantime, take a look …

This article in the NY TIMES interviews Brad Bird about the beneath-the-surface politics of THE INCREDIBLES: If such scenes provide some …

Here’s a two-minute VIDEO CLIP of the late Jules Engel discussing a conflict he had with Walt Disney about a cartoon frog. He also takes …

RE: Your new “Scissor Sisters” music videoNobody wants to see a male striptease in animation…EVER.PS: The year is 2004, not 1984. Stop …

Look familiar?It shouldn’t. These are images (mainly original title graphics) from the

Saw THE INCREDIBLES tonight. The last time I felt this good was after seeing THE IRON GIANT.Brad Bird taps into my inner geek like no one …

This 3-hour Windows Media lecture by character designer Chen Yi-Chang (MULAN, TARZAN, ATLANTIS) contains a lot of solid insights. Also, …

Animation historian and ASIFA-San Francisco prez Karl Cohen saw THE INCREDIBLES yesterday. Here’s what he thinks of it: Brad Bird is …