Classic Martha Sigall on Hanna-Barbera (Part 1) by Jerry Beck Monday January 18, 2010 12:05 am Martha Sigall is back with another video. This time she talksabout Hanna-Barbera:
Comics The Sunday Funnies (1/17/10) by Jerry Beck Sunday January 17, 2010 9:30 am Our roundup of recent comic strips and editorial cartoons thatreference animation characters returns – first with today’s …
Ideas/Commentary The Revolution Will Be Animated by Amid Amidi Saturday January 16, 2010 4:20 pm A documentary by Marine Lormant Sebag about Nina Paley’sstruggle with copyright while making Sita Sings the Blues. It’s …
CGI The Third & The Seventh by Alex Roman by Jerry Beck Saturday January 16, 2010 3:00 pm This is one of the most beautiful short films of the year.Everything you see is CG except for the photographer (shot on …
Cartoon Culture Mickey and SpongeBob Drawn by Kids by Amid Amidi Saturday January 16, 2010 10:02 am Rob Bohn of The Amigo Unit says: I taught animation at asummer camp for the 92nd St Y this past summer. One of the …
Games Is Rockstar a sweatshop? by Jerry Beck Saturday January 16, 2010 6:00 am We don’t cover video game animation as much as we should, butthis story erupting among animators in the gaming industry …
CGI Homunculus by Sam Stephens by Amid Amidi Saturday January 16, 2010 5:03 am An animated short directed by Sam Stephens from Humble’sin-house directing collaborative Hydra. The film combines …
Bad Ideas British Granny Turns Into Jessica Rabbit by Amid Amidi Friday January 15, 2010 4:23 pm The story of a British grandma who decided to get surgery tolook like Jessica Rabbit. “You only live once,” she said. “Do …
Cartoon Culture Haiti Relief by Amid Amidi Friday January 15, 2010 12:48 pm A beautiful poster by animation director Theodore Ushev (TowerBawher, Drux Flux). Hopefully this poster will prove to be …
Bad Ideas The Samsonadzes, the Georgian Simpsons by Amid Amidi Friday January 15, 2010 12:05 pm The country of Georgia now has a homegrown yellow cartoon family of their own–The Samsonadzes. If the clip above doesn’t …
Ideas/Commentary James Cameron: It’s Not Animation Because I Say So by Amid Amidi Friday January 15, 2010 9:34 am A video in which Jim explains that, “the thing that people needto keep very strongly in mind is that this is not an animated …
TV Archer talkback by Jerry Beck Thursday January 14, 2010 6:00 pm The FX channel is premiering a new spy spoof, Archer, tonight at 10pm. I was able to preview several episodes and, though …
CGI Tuber’s Two Step by Chris Wedge by Amid Amidi Thursday January 14, 2010 11:23 am This is a 1985 student film directed by Chris Wedge, who, ofcourse, went on to become the creative head of Blue Sky and …
Shorts Mak the Horny Mac-Daddy by Ian Miller by Amid Amidi Thursday January 14, 2010 4:54 am I saw Ian Miller’s one-minute short last year at the OttawaInternational Animation Festival, when I was a member of the …
Animators Walt Kelly + Famous Studios = Cilly Goose by Jerry Beck Thursday January 14, 2010 12:05 am Walt Kelly, a former Disney animator and one of the greatestcartoonists of the 20th Century, is not one usually associated …