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“Seed” by Ben Richardson and Daniel Bird
by Amid Amidi   Friday December 23, 2011   12:27 am
Seed is a stop motion short directed by Ben Richardson and
Daniel Bird about “an egg and an apple who build competing …
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Classic

Daily Christmas Card (#9)
by Jerry Beck   Thursday December 22, 2011   11:30 pm
Get ready for a treat! Virgina Mahoney has started building a
virtual Fleischer History Museum online at the Fleischer …
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Events

The Greatest Cartoons EVER! (Part 2)
by Jerry Beck   Thursday December 22, 2011   10:00 pm
Looking for something to do after all the presents have been
opened and all the parties are over? On Monday, December 26th at …
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Cartoon Culture

New Yorker cartoon by Farley Katz (12/12/11)
by Jerry Beck   Thursday December 22, 2011   4:30 pm
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Cartoon Culture

Daily Christmas Card (#8)
by Jerry Beck   Wednesday December 21, 2011   11:30 am
What’s Cookin’ Doc? Another classic card from Eddie Selzer and
family. Click the image below to see enlarged to full size. …
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Talkback

“Tintin” talkback
by Jerry Beck   Wednesday December 21, 2011   10:00 am
Our long national nightmare is almost over. The trailers and
billboards for The Adventures of Tintin will start to disappear …
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Cartoon Culture

Congratulations Bill Plympton and Sandrine Flament
by Jerry Beck   Wednesday December 21, 2011   12:05 am
Indie animation’s most eligible bachelor, Bill Plympton, is
tying the knot! News has reached us that animator Bill …
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Cartoon Culture

Daily Christmas Card (#7)
by Jerry Beck   Tuesday December 20, 2011   11:30 pm
This 1940s card folded (above left), opens by folding a front
piece down to reveal interior image (above right). Click photo …
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“Kool Aid” by Tex Avery
by Jerry Beck   Tuesday December 20, 2011   9:00 am
I’ve been drinking the Kool-Aid for Tex Avery, for years now.
Little did I know Avery actually directed a Kool-Aid TV spot, …
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Shorts

Holiday Greetings from Animators
by Jerry Beck   Monday December 19, 2011   1:00 pm
We are being bombarded with holiday wishes from animators all
over the world. We simply can’t post them all, but here’s a …
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Classic

Daily Christmas Card (#6)
by Jerry Beck   Monday December 19, 2011   12:00 pm
Steve Milman was a checker at the Warner Bros. cartoon studio in
the 1930s and 40s. (Courtesy the collection of Tim Walker)
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Shorts

“Lady Ice” by Liron Pe’er
by Jerry Beck   Monday December 19, 2011   10:00 am
Lady Ice is a Disney epic in seven minutes. Liron Pe’er began
the film in 2004 as her final performance piece for the Bezalel …
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Bad Ideas

How to Make Tom and Jerry Popular Again
by Amid Amidi   Monday December 19, 2011   1:16 am
I wanted to find out what was the most viewed Tom and Jerry
short on YouTube tonight, and it turned out to be Salt Water …
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Disney

Dorse Lanpher (1935-2011)
by Jerry Beck   Monday December 19, 2011   12:05 am
Veteran effects animator Dorse Lanpher passed away this past
Friday (12/16). His presence will be sorely missed. I first …
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Classic

Daily Christmas Card (#5)
by Jerry Beck   Sunday December 18, 2011   3:00 am
Another nice one from the Selzer family: making his characters
work over the holidays, to clean the studio (at 1351 N. Van …
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