Cartoon Culture Till Shrek Do Us Part by Amid Amidi Friday March 1, 2013 11:43 am DreamWorks cosplay is hardly as widespread as Pixar cosplay, but when people dress up as DreamWorks characters, it’s a thing …
Books What’s Up, Ward Kimball? by Amid Amidi Friday March 1, 2013 10:12 am I’ve received dozens of emails this week asking about the status of my Ward Kimball biography. Apparently, Amazon sent out …
Cartoon Modern The Spanish Cartoon Modern of Estudios Moro by Amid Amidi Friday March 1, 2013 1:40 am Estudios Moro was a Madrid, Spain animation studio started in1955 by brothers Santiago and Jose Luis Moro. Their approach, …
Events Starting Tomorrow: New York Int’l Children’s Film Festival by Amid Amidi Thursday February 28, 2013 10:06 am Tomorrow is the opening night of the New York InternationalChildren’s Film Festival. The festival is a terrific way for New …
CGI “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2″ Trailer by Amid Amidi Wednesday February 27, 2013 7:37 pm Sony Pictures Animation released the first trailer today forCloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2. Opening in the US on …
Business DreamWorks Will Layoff 350 Employees by Amid Amidi Wednesday February 27, 2013 10:06 am DreamWorks Animation announced yesterday that they will layoff350 employees by the end of 2013. The news of the layoffs …
Business What is the Biggest Animation Project on Kickstarter Right Now? by Amid Amidi Tuesday February 26, 2013 6:26 am The answer may surprise you.
Ideas/Commentary “We are at a tipping point in our industry” by Amid Amidi Monday February 25, 2013 6:41 pm A commentary worth reading by Jeffrey A. Okun, Chair of theVisual Effects Society: “We are at a tipping point in our …
Shorts “Mysterious Swamp” by Chintis Lundgren by Amid Amidi Monday February 25, 2013 1:07 pm Mysterious Swamp (Müstiline raba) offers a delightful taste ofthat droll humor we’ve come to expect from Estonian …
Awards Brenda Chapman Becomes First Woman to Win Feature Animation Oscar [UPDATED] by Amid Amidi Monday February 25, 2013 10:07 am A writer couldn’t have scripted a more Hollywood ending to thesaga of Brenda Chapman, Pixar’s first female director. It was …
Awards Hear This Uninterrupted Statement from “Life of Pi” VFX Winner by Amid Amidi Monday February 25, 2013 12:41 am The Oscar organizers cut off his speech when he tried to talk about the VFX industry. What did Bill Westenhofer want to say?
Awards “Paperman” Producer Kristina Reed Kicked Out of Oscar Ceremony—For Throwing Paper Airplanes by Amid Amidi Sunday February 24, 2013 9:30 pm What is with animation folks being thrown out of the Oscarceremony? Tonight’s hot gossip is that Paperman producer …
Awards Disney Sweeps Animation Oscars with “Paperman” and “Brave”; VFX Oscar Goes to “Life of Pi” by Amid Amidi Sunday February 24, 2013 5:58 pm Disney swept the Oscars this year with wins for both animatedshort and feature. Congrats to John Kahrs and Walt Disney …
Awards Rate Seth MacFarlane’s Performance Tonight by Amid Amidi Sunday February 24, 2013 4:26 pm Love him or hate him, Seth MacFarlane is making history tonightas the first (and probably last) animator to ever host an …
Advertising Burger Ad Bliss by Amid Amidi Sunday February 24, 2013 3:06 pm There’s something profoundly delightful about thisearly-Seventies Burger King ad featuring a mustachioed octopus …