CGI TONIGHT: Pixar Shorts on ABC Family by Amid Amidi Wednesday December 2, 2009 3:59 pm Tonight on ABC Family, a two-hour presentation of almost all ofthe Pixar shorts produced to date. It’s the first time that …
TV Tele-tactics by Jerry Beck Wednesday December 2, 2009 1:30 am Back around 1975-1977 there was a 3rd-rate non-union animationstudio in New York that many of my friends worked for. It was …
CGI Chinese CGI Reconstruction of Tiger Woods Crash by Amid Amidi Tuesday December 1, 2009 6:40 pm Every news organizations has reported the Tiger Woods car crashby now, but only the Chinese have recreated the event with …
Events Annie Award Nominees 2009 by Jerry Beck Tuesday December 1, 2009 9:05 am ASIFA-Hollywood announced its nominees for the 2009 Annie Awards this morning. For Best Animated Feature, Sony’s Cloudy …
Animators Don Bluth and the Importance of Knowing Your Animation Heritage by Amid Amidi Tuesday December 1, 2009 1:47 am Jeremy Hopkins attended the CTN Expo a couple weeks ago, andhe’s posting videos from the event on his website XSheet.net. He …
Feature Film A Year with Three Stop-Motion Oscar Noms? by Amid Amidi Monday November 30, 2009 7:04 pm After I did this interview with Canada’s National Post abouttrends in feature animation, I got to thinking about whether …
Bad Ideas Idiots at the Helm by Amid Amidi Monday November 30, 2009 6:24 pm Fox has announced that they are developing a primetime animatedseries with actor Matthew McConaughey based on his brother’s …
Feature Film Thanksgiving Weekend Box Office Report by Amid Amidi Monday November 30, 2009 4:59 pm An impressive three animated films reached the top ten at theNorth American box office last weekend. Robert Zemeckis’s A …
Disney 1939 article on Disney’s Ugly Duckling by Jerry Beck Monday November 30, 2009 12:05 am Last night a friend gave me an early Christmas gift of an oldissue of Street & Smith’s PIC magazine, cover dated April 4th, …
Animators Rare Footage of Bakshi working on Fritz the Cat by Jerry Beck Sunday November 29, 2009 12:45 pm This 1970 German documentary on Robert Crumb contains rarefootage of Ralph Bakshi in his studio during the making of Fritz …
Comics The Sunday Funnies 11/29/09 by Jerry Beck Sunday November 29, 2009 1:05 am This week’s round-up of animation-related comic stripgags: Mark Tatulli’s Lio from Friday Nov. 27th. Mike …
Disney Chuck Jones’s Influence in Disney’s Latest Pic by Amid Amidi Saturday November 28, 2009 8:34 pm Oswald Iten has a sweet and short observation on his blogColorful Animation Expressions about how Eric Goldberg is …
Classic Lost UPA Cartoon: Howdy Doody and his Magic Hat by Jerry Beck Saturday November 28, 2009 1:00 pm Gene Deitch has written this plea before, but he’s not ready togive up hope. The first cartoon he ever directed – for UPA no …
Stop Motion Stop Motion Matinee by Jerry Beck Saturday November 28, 2009 12:05 am For those enjoying Fantastic Mr. Fox and all others who mightwant to catch up on the history of stop-motion animation, I’m …
Stop Motion Bunin’s Alice by Jerry Beck Friday November 27, 2009 6:30 am It’s becoming an annual tradition in Los Angeles – just as lastyear, the Cinefamily/Silent Movie Theatre on Fairfax Ave. is …