Advertising Ottawa Animation ad campaign by Jerry Beck Thursday October 22, 2009 12:00 pm The funniest thing I saw in Ottawa last week wasn’t on screen,in a theatre or even cartoons. They were the festival posters …
Animators Interviews Worth Reading and Hearing by Amid Amidi Thursday October 22, 2009 9:47 am Filmmaker Michael Sporn interviews Jennifer and Bert Klein about their ambitious new animated short Pups of Liberty and the …
Animators Fred Wolf retrospective by Jerry Beck Thursday October 22, 2009 8:00 am Speaking of Ninja Turtles… My next screening at theCinefamily/Silent Movie Theatre in Hollywood is a tribute to …
Feature Film Zemeckis’ A Christmas Carol by Jerry Beck Thursday October 22, 2009 12:05 am This trailer has been out for a while, but I just have to ask:Does anyone in Hollywood have the cajones to tell Zemeckis to …
Events More tickets for The Iron Giant 10-year reunion by Jerry Beck Wednesday October 21, 2009 3:00 pm Last week we posted about Asifa-Hollywood’s Iron Giant 10-YearReunion. It sold out within 24 hours. Now, a limited number …
TV Meet the new Nicktoon by Jerry Beck Wednesday October 21, 2009 9:30 am Disney buys Marvel, so it only stands to reason that Nickelodeon would pick up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. But Nick …
Events New dates for Cartoon Dump by Jerry Beck Tuesday October 20, 2009 12:30 pm Shhhh…. We are having a top secret performance of Cartoon Dump this month. Why top secret? Because the date was shifted …
Disney “Products For Little Black Princesses” by Jerry Beck Tuesday October 20, 2009 12:05 am I’m not going to post on every oddball piece of merchandisingDisney is doing these days – and this one isn’t particularly …
TV The Mad Magazine TV Special (1974) by Jerry Beck Monday October 19, 2009 12:05 am I admit it, this one has me stumped. Don Martin, AntonioProhias, Al Jafee, Mort Drucker and Dave Berg – adapted to …
Books Book Review: South of the Border with Disney by Jerry Beck Sunday October 18, 2009 11:00 am The Three Caballeros will always hold a place in my heart. As achild of the 1960s and early 70s, at a time when my class …
Animators J.J.’s stuff by Jerry Beck Saturday October 17, 2009 1:00 pm Above, that’s an actual pencil from the Fleischer studio inMiami. It’s one of the many marvelous fun artifacts animator …
Comics Gammill Meets Mell Lazarus by Jerry Beck Friday October 16, 2009 5:30 pm Animation writer Tom Gammill (The Simpsons, Futurama) visitswith cartoonist Mell Lazarus (Miss Peach), and they check out …
Business Ted Turner wants Cartoon Network back… by Jerry Beck Friday October 16, 2009 1:00 pm …but that ain’t gonna happen, though part of me wishes itcould. Turner made this statement in an interview today with …
Advertising Ho White Beer by Jerry Beck Friday October 16, 2009 11:00 am Talk about your Cartoon Brew: A new Australian beer campaign has co-opted Disney’s Snow White and renamed her Ho White — and …