Animators In L.A. This Week: Meet Selick, Docter and Anderson by Jerry Beck Tuesday October 27, 2009 12:10 pm If you are a member of Asifa Hollywood, this is a killer week:you can meet Henry Selick, Peter Docter and Wes Anderson and …
Advertising This Little Light of Mine by Jerry Beck Tuesday October 27, 2009 9:30 am Dave Way directed this commercial, Light of Mine, another beauty from New Zealand animation collective Watermark – the same …
Books The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History by Amid Amidi Tuesday October 27, 2009 8:54 am Noteworthy new book about The Simpsons–The Simpsons: AnUncensored, Unauthorized History by journalist John Ortved draws …
Shorts Calling All Nerds! by Jerry Beck Tuesday October 27, 2009 12:20 am This one’s for you. It’s in Klingon! This piece ofKlingon Propaganda is brought to you by Mark Farinas San …
Stop Motion Corky Quackenbush’s Halloween 7.5 by Jerry Beck Monday October 26, 2009 12:00 pm (via Atom Films)
Shorts “Skhizein” by Jérémy Clapin by Amid Amidi Monday October 26, 2009 1:35 am Jérémy Clapin’s Skhizein, a poignant short that grows on meevery time I see it, is now available for online viewing. It’s …
Feature Film Meet the President of Fox Animation Studios by Jerry Beck Monday October 26, 2009 12:05 am Since 2007, Vanessa Morrison has been President of Fox Animation Studios. Morrison started as an intern at 20th Century Fox …
Business Astro Boy‘s Abysmal Opening, and Imagi’s Sinking Ship by Amid Amidi Sunday October 25, 2009 10:12 pm Imagi, an animation studio that thought it could compete withthe big boys, has suffered a major blow after the abysmal …
Cartoon Culture The Sunday Funnies 10/25/09 by Jerry Beck Sunday October 25, 2009 6:00 pm (Thanks, Uncle Wayne)
TV Teletoon’s Detour pilots by Jerry Beck Sunday October 25, 2009 12:05 am I don’t know if these will be as exciting as CN’s unairedCartoonstitute pilots we featured a while back, but Canada’s …
Business More about the closure of Wild Brain San Francisco by Amid Amidi Saturday October 24, 2009 11:21 am It’s been a tough year in San Francisco. First, The Orphanageshut down, and then we reported earlier this month that Wild …
TV Cartoon Network presentation reel (1991) by Jerry Beck Saturday October 24, 2009 12:05 am I was a consultant to the Cartoon Network shortly after itlaunched in 1992. Somehow back then I acquired a copy of this …
Feature Film Astro Boy talkback by Jerry Beck Friday October 23, 2009 7:30 pm Flying into 3,014 U.S. theaters this weekend, the kiddie-skewing Astro Boy movie could gross anywhere from $10 million to… …
Business Shrek the Musical Flops, Will Close Soon by Amid Amidi Friday October 23, 2009 1:24 pm Here’s a shocker: people aren’t willing to spend theirhard-earned money to see a Broadway musical with a lead …
Cartoon Culture Classic Cartoon Mural in Montreal by Amid Amidi Friday October 23, 2009 2:39 am After the stress of judging the Ottawa International AnimationFestival (more about that soon), I decided to unwind for a few …