Advertising Froot Loops by Jerry Beck Tuesday May 6, 2008 10:15 pm There is nothing particularly special about the two Kelloggs’Froot Loops commercials posted below, except that my colleague …
Anime Speed Racer Goes Crazy by Jerry Beck Tuesday May 6, 2008 12:05 am The Wachowski Brothers Speed Racer movie opens this week. I hope the new film is as much fun as the video below. In it, …
Disney Disney’s Beverly Hills Chihuahua by Jerry Beck Monday May 5, 2008 10:15 pm What fresh C.G. Hell is this? Sandwiched between thissummer’s Wall•E and the Christmas release of Bolt, Disney …
Events ASIFA-East Award Winners by Amid Amidi Monday May 5, 2008 3:09 pm The winners have been announced for America’s longestcontinually-running animation award–the 39th ASIFA-East …
Cartoon Culture Big Pecker’s by Jerry Beck Monday May 5, 2008 9:50 am As a follow up to my Major Woody post (below), Steve Mooresubmitted this outrageous example of potential trademark …
Cartoon Culture Major Woody by Jerry Beck Monday May 5, 2008 12:05 am Q: What do you get if you combine Jessica Rabbit and WinnieWoodpecker? A: The logo for Major Woody’s Bar in …
Disney Walt and El Grupo by Jerry Beck Sunday May 4, 2008 9:45 am Karl Cohen (president of ASIFA-San Francisco) just sent us hisfirst impressions of Walt and El Grupo the new film by Ted …
Events ASIFA-East Awards by Jerry Beck Saturday May 3, 2008 12:20 pm Tomorrow night in Manhattan is the big event. And there is still time to get tickets and a good seat. And it’s …
Cartoon Culture Finding Technicolor by Jerry Beck Saturday May 3, 2008 12:05 am This image just makes me smile. Shirt.woot, a websitedevoted to offering tee shirts with unique designs, had this …
Shorts PerfectLand by Ben Meinhardt by Amid Amidi Friday May 2, 2008 2:06 am PerfectLand is an oddly appealing series of Flash-animatedshorts created for MTV by Ben Meinhardt. I’ve embedded the first …
Cartoon Culture Final Jeopardy–Katzenberg Style by Amid Amidi Friday May 2, 2008 12:40 am The second contestant’s answer on this “Final Jeopardy” question is quite possibly one of the worst answers I’ve ever heard …
Shorts Mr. Lux by Jerry Beck Thursday May 1, 2008 12:05 pm Michael Jantze, former art director at ILM and former newspapercartoonist (The Norm), has started animating cute little …
Events An Academy panel on Production Design by Jerry Beck Thursday May 1, 2008 11:30 am This note just in from Bill Kroyer: I think this would be ofinterest to some of your readers: I’m hosting a public …
Events KRAZY! by Jerry Beck Thursday May 1, 2008 3:00 am Got a postcard from Marv Newland today. He wrote:The VancouverArt Gallery is launching a large scale exhibit on May 16th, to …
Cartoon Culture Cartoon Culture: Popeye Soap by Jerry Beck Thursday May 1, 2008 12:05 am In North America, more kids think of Popeye as a Fried Chickenresturant chain. In Chile, Popeye represents a bar of soap. …