Cartoon Culture Wall-E Builders by Amid Amidi Thursday May 15, 2008 3:10 pm Talk about dedicated cartoon buffs. There’s a group of Pixarfanatics who are spending months building their own life-size …
Feature Film Chomet’s Illusionist footage to debut at Cannes by Amid Amidi Thursday May 15, 2008 9:16 am (click for full-size image) The Hollywood Reporter notes that the first footage from Sylvain Chomet’s The Illusionist …
Books Inside UPA Update by Amid Amidi Thursday May 15, 2008 8:09 am It’s been a while since I’ve posted an update on my latest bookInside UPA but there’s a couple important reasons to write …
Classic The Disney Girls by Amid Amidi Thursday May 15, 2008 7:57 am I’m fascinated by the continually emerging stories of women whoworked in creative positions at Disney during its Golden Age. …
Classic Woodies with Walter Lantz by Amid Amidi Thursday May 15, 2008 3:36 am Back before Walter Lantz created Woody Woodpecker, he liked todraw ‘woodies’ of a different kind. Animator Marc Deckter …
Disney Remembering Joe Grant by Jerry Beck Thursday May 15, 2008 12:05 am Today is Joe Grant’s 100th birthday (or the 100th anniversary of his birth). Howard Green sent us these pix with a note, “He …
Disney Bolt Character Designs by Amid Amidi Wednesday May 14, 2008 11:34 pm Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words, butunfortunately, none of those words are appropriate for printing …
Shorts Orderly Confusion by Rob Bohn by Amid Amidi Wednesday May 14, 2008 10:52 am I saw a lot of films that I enjoyed last week at the SVA student animation show. One of my favorites was Rob Bohn’s Orderly …
Ideas/Commentary Fox Launches Inkubator Shorts Program by Amid Amidi Wednesday May 14, 2008 7:11 am This Variety article explains how 20th Century Fox TV and FoxBroadcasting Co. are launching Fox Inkubator, a new inititative …
Music Videos Portishead Videos by Nick Uff by Amid Amidi Wednesday May 14, 2008 2:06 am Nick Uff’s new videos for Portishead songs “The Rip” and “WeCarry On” are two of my favorite pieces of animation so far this …
Cartoon Culture Analyzing the Greatest Game of Baseball Ever by Amid Amidi Tuesday May 13, 2008 3:24 pm “Bugs Bunny, Greatest Banned Player Ever”, a ridiculously longand deadpan examination of Friz Freleng’s Baseball Bugs …
Cartoon Culture Southwest Airlines watches Kids TV by Jerry Beck Tuesday May 13, 2008 1:35 pm The illustration above appears in the latest issue of SouthwestAirlines inflight Spirit Magazine. This month the magazine …
Music Videos VOICST Music Video by Fons Schiedon by Amid Amidi Tuesday May 13, 2008 10:54 am Dutch director and animator Fons Schiedon, previously featuredon Cartoon Brew and quickly becoming a favorite director of …
Ideas/Commentary The Lure of Live-Action by Amid Amidi Tuesday May 13, 2008 9:22 am Does the fact that cartoon channels like Cartoon Network andTeletoon are no longer interested in airing animation have any …
Classic Unpaid Stars of the Movies by Jerry Beck Tuesday May 13, 2008 3:00 am This 1930 article from Popular Mechanics magazine (below) triesto explain the process of recording sound for animated …