Cartoon Culture Why is Foghorn Leghorn Racist? by Amid Amidi Thursday July 30, 2009 1:05 am How did we ever manage to answer these burning animation history questions before the existence of Yahoo! Answers?
Feature Film Lorax and Nimh going CG by Jerry Beck Wednesday July 29, 2009 8:00 pm What hath Disney’s G-Force wrought? Thanks to its hugeopening weekend box office gross, Paramount is fighting back …
Anime Hayao Miyazaki/John Lasseter Press Conference by Jerry Beck Wednesday July 29, 2009 2:00 pm I had an opportunity to join selected journalists at a HayaoMiyazaki-John Lasseter press conference held yesterday (7/28) …
Events Beatnik Animation at the Silent Movie Theater by Jerry Beck Wednesday July 29, 2009 11:30 am Next Tuesdsay night at 8pm, I’ll be presenting a program ofanimation reflecting the styles, language and music of the Beat …
Feature Film Born Under Fire, Documentary about War in Colombia by Amid Amidi Wednesday July 29, 2009 10:05 am Powerful trailer for Born Under Fire, a documentary about theon-going war conflict in Colombia that uses voices from …
Events Mary Blair Exhibit at Tokyo’s Museum of Contemporary Art by Amid Amidi Wednesday July 29, 2009 7:38 am “The Colors of Mary Blair” is a major new exhibit of MaryBlair’s artwork that has opened at the Museum of Contemporary …
TV Spang Ho! by Jerry Beck Wednesday July 29, 2009 12:05 am Welcome to Cartoon Brew – where rejected pilots from CartoonNetwork come to play. Here’s another one: Here is what …
Animators Happy Birthday, Bud Luckey! by Amid Amidi Tuesday July 28, 2009 10:32 pm As a change of pace, here’s some happy news about a veterananimation artist: today is Bud Luckey’s 75th birthday. Luckey’s …
Animators Vance Gerry Tribute Blog by Amid Amidi Tuesday July 28, 2009 10:14 pm Story artist Ed Gombert has started a blog dedicated to the work of Disney storyman Vance Gerry, who passed away in 2005. …
TV Little Rikke by Jerry Beck Tuesday July 28, 2009 2:00 pm One of the saddest things about the current deconstruction ofCartoon Network is the bits and pieces of pilots and projects …
Feature Film Ice Age Enters Record Books by Amid Amidi Tuesday July 28, 2009 10:26 am A fact that took me by surprise: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaursis now the fifth-highest grossing animated feature of …
Shorts Harry Potter and the Office of Unemployment by Amid Amidi Tuesday July 28, 2009 1:56 am I haven’t seen a new piece of animation by stop-motion animatorCorky Quackenbush in what seems like forever, so I was …
Events Cartoon Dump Tonight! by Jerry Beck Tuesday July 28, 2009 12:05 am If you’re stuck in Los Angeles, and you can’t get into tonight’s Academy program with John Lasseter and Hayao Miyazaki, take …
Shorts Juiced and Jazzed by Jerry Beck Monday July 27, 2009 1:30 pm We linked to a preview of Justin Weber’s Juiced and Jazzed a few months ago, but now the whole film is viewable online at …
Flash A New Episode of Simon’s Cat by Amid Amidi Monday July 27, 2009 11:37 am “Fly Day” is the latest episode of Simon’s Cat by Simon Tofield, a UK-based director on the Tandem Films roster. It’s …