Cartoon Culture Tom Hignite’s Home Imaginators by Jerry Beck Thursday June 19, 2008 9:00 am Tom Hignite, the Wisconsin home builder who thinks he’s WaltDisney, is back – in a series of local infomercials which …
Feature Film The Business of Stereoscopic 3-D Films by Amid Amidi Thursday June 19, 2008 8:52 am Stereoscopic 3-D filmmaking is either the latest film fad or the future of theatrical animation. For those who know their …
Disney Sleeping Beauty at the Academy by Jerry Beck Thursday June 19, 2008 12:05 am A newly restored, digitally remastered version of Walt Disney’sSleeping Beauty (1959) will be presented on Friday, July 18, …
Classic Vintage Cartoon Trade Ads by Jerry Beck Wednesday June 18, 2008 5:15 pm Once again John McElwee, over at his Greenbriar Picture Showsblog, is waxing nostalgic about classic theatrical cartoons. …
TV Donkey Ollie by Amid Amidi Wednesday June 18, 2008 7:26 am If nothing else, Animation Magazine serves as an entertainingrepository of all the awful ideas that animation studios try to …
Flash The Pughs by Jerry Beck Tuesday June 17, 2008 5:30 pm Ryan, Jeremy, Alex and Tim – The Muks of Mukpuddy Animation inNew Zealand – have taken a break from their day to day …
Disney Presto looks good by Jerry Beck Tuesday June 17, 2008 9:30 am This preview clip ran on Saturday night after Monsters,Inc. (Thanks, Aldon Spears)
Events Bakshi party photos by Jerry Beck Tuesday June 17, 2008 12:10 am Steve Worth posts many worthwhile things on the Asifa HollywoodAnimation Archive website, including Mary Blair paintings and …
Shorts VooDooDog Shorts by Jerry Beck Monday June 16, 2008 10:30 am I’ve mentioned the amazing work of London’s VooDooDog studiobefore. Between commercial assignments, the company supports and …
Events Annecy ’08 Winners by Amid Amidi Monday June 16, 2008 12:43 am The prizes for the 2008 Annecy Animation Festival were announced last Saturday. The top prize for short film, The Annecy …
Events Worst Cartoons Ever at Comic Con ’08 by Jerry Beck Monday June 16, 2008 12:05 am Mark your calendars, clear the date… the all-new, craptacular2008 edition of The Worst Cartoons Ever! – my annual report …
Classic Felix the Cat studio photo by Jerry Beck Sunday June 15, 2008 3:00 pm Just spotted on ebay: a vintage publicity photo showing theproducer of the Felix The Cat cartoons, Pat Sullivan, and his …
Animators The Influence of Ralph Bakshi by Amid Amidi Sunday June 15, 2008 2:12 am The latest issue of Arthur Magazine has an article byillustrator Arik Roper who recounts his personal memories of …
Events Pre-Code wrap-up by Jerry Beck Saturday June 14, 2008 12:45 pm Mark Kausler blogged about the Pre-Code Cartoon show I presented at the Silent Movie Theatre in Los Angeles last Tuesday. It …
Cartoon Culture Hanna-Barbera in 3D by Amid Amidi Friday June 13, 2008 3:44 am Just because a drawn-character is translated into 3D, doesn’tmean it needs to look unappealing, ugly and clumsy. These …