Ideas/Commentary NY Times unaware that animation is a medium by Amid Amidi Wednesday September 8, 2010 4:55 am The New York Times published an article by Brooks Barnes theother day in which he tried to explain to readers that animation …
Shorts “The Icing on the Cake” by Rauch Bros. by Amid Amidi Wednesday September 8, 2010 1:52 am “The Icing on the Cake,” a cartoon that is figuratively sweet,debuted last night on PBS’s POV. The audio is recorded by …
Disney Disney promotes Tangled with “double rainbow” viral ad by Amid Amidi Tuesday September 7, 2010 3:44 pm How is it that a studio that once represented the height ofcreativity in filmmaking is now clinging onto the tails of tired …
Cartoon Culture Fat Disney Princesses by Amid Amidi Tuesday September 7, 2010 11:13 am Blam! A series of obese Disney princesses drawn by Aly. Maybethey should lay off the Blam-burgers. More lovely ladies …
Talkback TALKBACK: The Regular Show by Amid Amidi Tuesday September 7, 2010 10:28 am The first episode of the fifteen-minute series The Regular showpremiered yesterday on the Cartoon Network. It can be seen …
Shorts Bruce by Tom Judd by Amid Amidi Tuesday September 7, 2010 10:10 am Bruce is a powerful graduation film directed by Tom Judd atRoyal College of Art. A simple gag on the surface, there are …
Shorts Monsieur Pett by Oscar Grillo and Ted Rockley by Jerry Beck Tuesday September 7, 2010 12:05 am Monsieur Pett, a short by Oscar Grillo & Ted Rockley for KlactoAnimations in 2000, is an animated tragic comedy about a man …
Disney Pixar’s Up is Blammed by Amid Amidi Monday September 6, 2010 7:12 pm How could you improve Pete Docter’s film Up? Let the brilliantminds at the Disney Channel “blam” the film like they’ve doing …
Classic Snapshots from Cinecon by Jerry Beck Monday September 6, 2010 12:05 am As mentioned previously, I’m spending my Labor Day at the annual classic movie convention in Hollywood, Cinecon. Inbetween …
Comics The Sunday Funnies (9/5/10) by Jerry Beck Sunday September 5, 2010 12:00 pm My Cage (8/19/10) by Ed Power and Melissa DeJesus ; and StrangeBrew (08/31/10) By John Deering. (Thanks, Jim Lahue)
Disney Pixar’s Newt on Facebook by Jerry Beck Sunday September 5, 2010 12:05 am In case you were wondering what Pixar’s abandoned film Newtmight have looked like, the official Disney-Pixar account posted …
Disney Epic Mickey – Part 2 by Jerry Beck Saturday September 4, 2010 8:30 pm Part two of the opening cinematic from the forthcoming EpicMickey video game (Part One we posted here) – this time with 30% …
Advertising Cat Shit, Too by Jerry Beck Saturday September 4, 2010 12:05 pm Not to be confused with Cat Shit One — Scoop Away Kitty Litterhas been producing an animated series for their website. The …
Ideas/Commentary TALKBACK: What are 2010 graduates doing? by Amid Amidi Friday September 3, 2010 10:36 am Here’s a talkback post dedicated to all the students who havegraduated from animation schools in 2010. Now that it’s been …
Disney Marge Champion in Life Magazine by Amid Amidi Friday September 3, 2010 4:26 am Yesterday’s post about Marge Champion (née Belcher) reminded me of an article in the April 4, 1938 issue of Life about her …