Music Videos Your Chance to Make The Ultimate Music Video by Amid Amidi Saturday January 3, 2009 2:42 pm I have a feeling that 2009 is going to be an awesome year. Thenew year is only three days old and already amazing …
Events Disturbing Kids Cartoons by Jerry Beck Saturday January 3, 2009 12:45 pm Too violent, too scary, too depressing and no longer suitablefor kids! On Tuesday January 13th, at 8pm I’m returning to the …
Events Road Runner Float by Jerry Beck Thursday January 1, 2009 2:20 pm As a follow up to my post yesterday about the Road Runner andCoyote float in today’s Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, …
Classic Cab Calloway in Cartoons by Jerry Beck Thursday January 1, 2009 2:05 am In case you were wondering if anyone has started archiving allthe caricatures of Cab Calloway in classic Hollywood …
Business Viacom uses Cartoon Stars to ask for a raise by Jerry Beck Wednesday December 31, 2008 5:50 pm Viacom is asking Time Warner Cable for a raise – and if theydon’t get it they will pull their channels off the cable service …
Disney G-Force trailer by Jerry Beck Wednesday December 31, 2008 12:30 pm Silly me! I thought the forthcoming live action G-Force filmfrom Disney was an adaptation of of the anime series Battle of …
Animators Director Andrew Stanton Talks Wall-E and Finding Nemo by Amid Amidi Wednesday December 31, 2008 12:25 pm Courtesy of Creative Screenwriting magazine, a 70+ minute audiointerview with Andrew Stanton (68mb MP3 file) discussing his …
Business The Financial Woes of Astro Boy‘s Producer by Amid Amidi Wednesday December 31, 2008 9:54 am The Animation Guild blog linked to this Variety article aboutthe financial woes of animation outfit Imagi Int’l, which has …
Cartoon Culture Road Runner makes the Rose Parade by Jerry Beck Wednesday December 31, 2008 12:05 am If you can pull yourself away from Cartoon Network’s New YearsDay marathon of Looney Tunes, you might tune into coverage of …
Cartoon Culture LoC honors Harryhausen, Lye and a Disneyland home movie by Jerry Beck Tuesday December 30, 2008 11:00 am Each year the National Film Preservation Board of The Library of Congress names 25 “culturally, historically or …
Advertising Betty Boop Lottery Tix by Jerry Beck Tuesday December 30, 2008 7:30 am Looks like Betty Boop has returned to her pre-Code roots…gambling! Dave Filipi (Film Curator of Wexner Center for …
Classic Popeye goes PD? by Jerry Beck Tuesday December 30, 2008 1:01 am According to this article in today’s London Times, Popeye theSailor will lose its copyright protection in Europe on January …
Music Videos “Haru Mamburu” by Slava Ushakov by Amid Amidi Monday December 29, 2008 4:06 pm This Russian music video dates back to 1994. It’s infectiousenergy makes it the perfect post-holiday pick-me-up. Directed by …
Classic Mr. Bug Goes to Town Screens in NY by Amid Amidi Monday December 29, 2008 6:32 am Here’s a special end-of-the-year treat for New Yorkers: theFleischer’s second and last feature, Mr. Bug Goes to Town …
Advertising R.I.P. WB Cartoon Mural by Jerry Beck Monday December 29, 2008 12:05 am Here’s a sure sign of the apocalypse — or at least the end of a local cartoon landmark. Warner Bros. has quietly removed …