Feature Film Jonny Quest: the Real adventures by Jerry Beck Friday April 10, 2009 9:40 am It was announced several months ago that Warner Bros. isdeveloping a live action feature based on Hanna Barbera’s Jonny …
Cartoon Culture Simpsons Stamps by Jerry Beck Thursday April 9, 2009 5:00 pm I couldn’t let the day pass without noting the announcement ofThe Simpsons U.S. postage stamps. I believe the rule is …
Animators The Upstate Four: An Interview with Fran and Will Krause by Amid Amidi Thursday April 9, 2009 12:15 am . The Upstate Four (viewable in two parts above) is aneleven-minute Cartoon Network pilot created by brothers Fran …
Animators Animators’ Comic Strips by Jerry Beck Thursday April 9, 2009 12:05 am Ger Apeldoorn has uncovered a real find. A set of obscure comicstrips, created for a local California newspaper in 1950 (The …
3-D 3-D is a Fad by Jerry Beck Wednesday April 8, 2009 12:00 pm I love 3D movies. Thanks to a pair of 3-D film festivalsheld in L.A. several years ago, I’ve been lucky enough to see …
Cartoon Culture The new Warner Bros. studio mural by Jerry Beck Wednesday April 8, 2009 12:45 am Three months ago we mourned the end of the Warner Bros.animation mural at the intersection of Barham, Pass and Olive in …
Advertising SpongeBob SquareButts by Amid Amidi Tuesday April 7, 2009 3:02 pm SpongeBob SquarePants + Sir Mix-a-Lot + Burger King = The viralad that everybody’s going to be linking to for the next …
Events F5 Conference Ticket Giveaway by Amid Amidi Tuesday April 7, 2009 8:45 am “This isn’t ‘another design conference.’ It’s a meeting ofgreat minds,” tout the promo materials for F5, a conference …
Events Animated Spaces / Animated Bodies by Jerry Beck Tuesday April 7, 2009 12:05 am This Friday, the University of Southern California is presenting a free evening of animation-based installations and …
Disney Earliest Disney records? by Jerry Beck Monday April 6, 2009 11:30 am Here’s a treat. Music historian and record archivist MikeKieffer sent me a copy of his latest find. It’s the first …
Illustration For All the Velma Fans Out There by Amid Amidi Monday April 6, 2009 6:43 am It’s a special day when the quality of fan art exceeds theartistry of its animated source material. Then again, with …
Internet/Blogs Christian Bale Animation Contest by Amid Amidi Monday April 6, 2009 5:00 am The boys at Spline Doctors, a loose teaching collectivecomprised of Pixar animators, hosted an animation contest on …
Classic Van Beuren’s Toddle Tales and Rainbow Parade by Jerry Beck Sunday April 5, 2009 7:00 pm Steve Stanchfield has done it again. An animator, educator,cartoon historian and film preservationist, Stanchfield has …
Shorts Rodney (1956) by Jerry Beck Saturday April 4, 2009 1:30 pm Last week Amid posted several Disney industrial films and gotquite a nice reaction, so I thought I’d try posting another one …
Advertising Protesting Foie Gras at Euro Disney by Amid Amidi Saturday April 4, 2009 12:49 am As part of an online campaign to protest the serving of foiegras at Euro Disney, Jurjen Bosklopper and Mustafa Kandaz …