False Alarm of the Week
“The 2-D business is coming to an end, just like black and white came to an end.” – Michael Eisner (June 2, 2004) Eisner has been known …
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LIFE’S A PITCH
The April 2004 edition of ASIFA-East’s newsletter, “aNYmator”, had a great piece by ASIFA-East president David Levy on the realities of …
Qvisten Animation Builds Future-Proof Pipeline With Z By HP Workstations
A closer look at how Norway’s Qvisten Animation is powering their animation productions with HP technology.
Another Look at United’s TV Spots
A few months ago, I expressed some bewilderment about United Airlines’ new animated ad campaign. Now here’s another OPINION from …
HERITAGE AUCTION
Once again, my friends at HERITAGE COMICS AUCTIONS have released their latest drool-inducing catalog of “stuff I would buy if I were a …
ITALY ANIMATION FESTIVAL
Let’s add another international animation festival to this year’s calender: If you are in Italy in September the Chiavari Animation …
A Disney Book We Didn’t Need
SCREENPLAY BY DISNEY is supposed to give “tips and techniques to bring magic to your moviemaking.” If you’ve ever wondered, ‘How can I …
PBS KIDS CHANNEL
Just what we need: another kids cartoon channel! PBS KIDS is considering spinning itself into a 24 hour basic cable channel.However, this …
CHINESE TOM & JERRY
Reader “Lyris” sent this in: “You may or may not know about this, but there’s a DVD in China of Tom & Jerry featuring all the …
PIXAR MADE SHREK?
Brew regular David Gerstein asks: “Did you know PIXAR made Shrek II?”Neither did I, but somebody thinks so: in this review from Oshkosh …
UNCLE DISNEY
Brew reader Mike Crandol sends in this sound bite: “Have you heard this new song released by Patterson Hood? The entire song is about …
BOWERS AND McCAY
Rick Dominicus of DVD ANGLE has posted a review of the Joseph Losey thriller CHARLEY BOWERS DVD from Image Entertainment.Image is on a …
Animation Blast #9, Robots and Annecy
It’s not often that I feel compelled to run a news item related to myself, but I figure it’s best to get all of this personal and …
Pixar Literature
This month’s WIRED cover story about Pixar is now on-line HERE.
DUCKOMENTA
A German exhibit of art through the ages – as it might seem in Duckburg: Die DUCKOMENTA – is online.Recreating great moments in art …
Peter de Sève Online
Gerald writes in from Paris to remind me that Peter de Sève has his own website at PeterdeSeve.com. If you’re unsure of buying …
One Billion Reasons to Love Roy
The LOS ANGELES BUSINESS JOURNAL has published their annual list of the richest Angelenos and there are 28 billionaires living in the LA …
A Cartoon with Bite
The WASHINGTON POST’s Lisa de Moraes files an amusing report (“On NBC’s Lineup, ‘Pride’ but No Shame”) from NBC’s 2004 upfront for …
Sketchbooks Galore
Last week I wrote about Stephen Silver’s excellent new art book. I also saw another great hardcover sketchbook recently (thanks Bob) – …
MORE ABOUT FRED LADD
Everyone’s favorite Japanese animation dubber and classic cartoon colorizer, Fred Ladd, is honored at his alma mater, Ohio State …
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