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RUGRATS: The Live Action Movie
by Jerry Beck   Thursday January 19, 2012   11:00 am
Oh Good Lord. This would be funnier if it weren’t so
true… Rugrats from Alia Shawkat (Thanks J.J.
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Cartoon Culture

The Greatest Cartoon Album Cover of All-Time
by Amid Amidi   Thursday January 19, 2012   3:50 am
I think we have a winner – “Makin’ with the
Magilla”: No song could possibly live up to the cover, …
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Student

“No Robots” by YungHan Chang and Kimberly Knoll
by Jerry Beck   Thursday January 19, 2012   3:00 am
I think I like everything about this little student film
directed by Kimberly Knoll and Yunghan Chang, from San Jose …
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Events

MONDAY: “CARTOON DUMP” w/ Patton Oswalt
by Jerry Beck   Thursday January 19, 2012   12:05 am
As many of you know, every month (on the fourth Monday evening)
I co-produce a live comedy/cartoon show, Cartoon Dump, at the …
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Events

The Chuck Jones Experience Opens Thursday
by Amid Amidi   Wednesday January 18, 2012   11:52 pm
The Chuck Jones Experience opens Thursday at Circus Circus in
Las Vegas. Just in time, too, considering that one out of three …
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Animators

French TV coverage of Tex Avery’s passing
by Jerry Beck   Wednesday January 18, 2012   4:00 pm
Unlike the United States, the French considered Tex Avery a
genius in his time. When he passed away (8/26/80), the French …
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Animators

Meet Michael Sullivan, Robot Pornographer
by Amid Amidi   Wednesday January 18, 2012   11:52 am
Last week at an animation screening in New York, the MC of the
event, Bill Plympton, invited a member of the audience to take …
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vinniecafarelli

Animators

Remembering Vincent Cafarelli
by Amid Amidi   Wednesday January 18, 2012   11:31 am
This video offers a look at the memorial celebration for New
York animation legend Vincent Cafarelli that took place on …
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Site News

Why Cartoon Brew Opposes PIPA and SOPA
by brewmasters   Wednesday January 18, 2012   10:34 am
You may have noticed that a lot of websites have gone “dark”
today, most notably Wikipedia and Tumblr. There’s grave concern …
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TVkyle

Disney

Donald Duck @ Threadless
by Jerry Beck   Wednesday January 18, 2012   1:00 am
Threadless has teamed with Disney to create a contest to design
a Donald Duck T-shirt. Normally I wouldn’t plug such a …
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mocapfuture

Cartoon Culture

The Latest Developments in Motion Capture
by Amid Amidi   Tuesday January 17, 2012   6:08 pm
Michael Bay, Jon Favreau, Ray Liotta, Paul Scheer and Rob Huebel
all participate in this Funny or Die video about the latest …
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Cartoon Culture

“You’re A Creep, Charlie Brown!”
by Jerry Beck   Tuesday January 17, 2012   10:00 am
Animator Rob Yulfo edited this collection of Peanuts clips set
to Vega Choir’s cover of Radiohead’s Creep. This sums it all up.
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satori

Shorts

“Satori” by Abhilasha Dewan
by Amid Amidi   Tuesday January 17, 2012   2:57 am
Satori is another recent Sheridan thesis film that has popped up
online. Along with yesterday’s A Good Wife, the film …
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biteyfx

Educational

Learn 2D FX Animation for 85 Cents a Day
by Amid Amidi   Tuesday January 17, 2012   12:29 am
2D special effects animators are a breed apart. Their work is
extremely detail-oriented and demands an incredibly high level …
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Shorts

Flea & Fly in “City Troubles” by Fernando Miller
by Jerry Beck   Tuesday January 17, 2012   12:05 am
Longtime readers of this blog know I have a “thing” for
retro-style cartoons – i.e. new animated shorts that faithfully …
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