Business Tips From Katzenberg On Keeping Artists Happy by Amid Amidi Tuesday March 10, 2009 10:47 am The latest issue of Fortune has a short article in which Jeffrey Katzenberg offers a few tips on how he keeps his artists …
Feature Film Nobuhiko Obayashi’s Hausu by Amid Amidi Tuesday March 10, 2009 10:15 am Digital effects can be wonderful but they aren’t a substitutefor good old-fashioned creativity, as evidenced by the …
Advertising Nate Theis by Amid Amidi Monday March 9, 2009 2:03 pm Meet my favorite animation director of the moment: Nate Theis.He works at Madison, Wisconsin-based Planet Propaganda which …
Classic Koko Walks Again! by Jerry Beck Monday March 9, 2009 12:05 am Good ol’ J.J. Sedelmaier, inspired by our post last month of ananimated Koko the Clown flip book by Bob Jaques, reached into …
Animators Tytla’s Little Audrey? by Jerry Beck Sunday March 8, 2009 3:00 pm J.J. Sedelmaier recently had a visit from John Canemaker at hisstudio in White Plains. J.J. sent them in with this note:”We …
Shorts In The Nicotine (1961) by Jerry Beck Sunday March 8, 2009 2:30 am SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING: Paramount Cartoons can be Hazardousto Your (Mental) Health. We’re ending our series of “dark, …
Events Daylight Saving Time by Jerry Beck Sunday March 8, 2009 12:05 am Miss Cartoon Brew reminds those of you observing Daylight Saving Time to now set your clocks ahead one hour. To see a …
Advertising Telefunken commercial by Jerry Beck Saturday March 7, 2009 12:05 am I have no idea what’s being said — but who cares? This is thecoolest Telefunken thing I’ve ever seen! (Thanks, Mike …
Feature Film China’s real response to Kung Fu Panda by Jerry Beck Friday March 6, 2009 3:00 pm Apparently China had a response to Dreamworks’ Kung Fu Pandathat’s more pointed than the film mentioned in this previous …
Feature Film COMMENTARY: Animated Feature Oscar is Still A Bad Idea by Amid Amidi Friday March 6, 2009 9:13 am Earlier this decade, when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences began handing out Oscars for best animated …
TV WATCHMEN opens today… by Jerry Beck Friday March 6, 2009 8:15 am …but you can see it here first: (Thanks Chogrin)
Cartoon Culture Obama Mo-cap by Amid Amidi Thursday March 5, 2009 2:13 pm The Onion reports that Barack Obama has been outfitted withmotion-capture sensors and that his entire presidency is being …
CGI The Legend of Milu Deer: Princess Yoyo by Amid Amidi Thursday March 5, 2009 1:23 am One of my favorite sources for learning about obscure foreignanimated features is TwitchFilm.net. Certain films though are …
Anime Anime is Dying by Amid Amidi Wednesday March 4, 2009 2:35 pm The Japan Times has a long, and at times sensationalistic,article describing how the Japanese animation industry is …