Feature Film The Ark by Jerry Beck Thursday October 25, 2007 5:00 pm Not as exciting as the new Lucky Luke film, but the Argentineanfeature, The Ark (el Arca), certainly looks ambitious – and …
Books More Schulz by Jerry Beck Thursday October 25, 2007 4:10 pm In case you haven’t been following it, the debate over DavidMichaelis’ Charles Schulz bio rages on. Fresh comments from …
Events Animation in Columbus Ohio by Jerry Beck Thursday October 25, 2007 3:00 am Coming up in November is a series of unique animation programsat the Wexner Center for the Arts, on the campus of The Ohio …
Comics Bill Watterson in College by Jerry Beck Wednesday October 24, 2007 3:00 pm Like Schulz’ Peanuts, Bill Watterson’s classic comic stripCalvin and Hobbes was beloved by many and still has a devoted …
CGI Now Playing: Iwerks’ Pixar Documentary by Jerry Beck Wednesday October 24, 2007 1:00 pm Starting today, Leslie Iwerks independent documentary The PixarStory will begin a small Oscar-qualifying run in 14 select …
Disney Hal Adelquist by Jerry Beck Wednesday October 24, 2007 12:00 pm Hal Adelquist, (pictured above, left of the Mouseketeers) was an assistant director on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, …
Events Mary Blair Show Preview by Amid Amidi Wednesday October 24, 2007 2:12 am “The Art and Flair of Mary Blair” show opens this Saturday atthe Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco. More than fifty pieces …
Books Most Honest Book Title Of The Year by Amid Amidi Wednesday October 24, 2007 2:05 am I like the honest name of this new how-to book: How to Cheat inFlash CS3: The art of design and animation in Adobe Flash …
Events November L.A. Comic Con by Jerry Beck Tuesday October 23, 2007 6:00 pm My friend Bruce Schwartz runs the Comic Book and Sci-FiConvention at the Shrine Auditorium (near USC) in Los Angeles …
Disney What Makes Mickey Move? (1934) by Jerry Beck Tuesday October 23, 2007 10:20 am Our friend Charles Shopsin has unearthed yet another vintagearticle about animation in the 1930s from the pages of Modern …
Feature Film Lucky Luke by Jerry Beck Tuesday October 23, 2007 3:30 am Once again, another Euro 2D animated feature that looksintriguing – and with no U.S. release planned whatsoever. This …
Events Cartoon Dump Live – Tonight! by Jerry Beck Tuesday October 23, 2007 3:15 am Citizens of Los Angeles – please note: tonight we are once again presenting Cartoon Dump Live at the Steve Allen Theatre in …
Animators Rebecca Sugar Gets It On by Amid Amidi Monday October 22, 2007 9:28 am Frankly I’m not sure what’s more disturbing: drawings of theTerrytoons characters Sourpuss and Gandy getting it on, drawings …
Animators Profiling Joel Trussell by Amid Amidi Monday October 22, 2007 7:08 am It used to be that you had to live in Los Angeles or New York to make it big in the US animation scene, but today a whole …
Music Videos “Mirador” by Hvass&Hannibal and UFEX by Amid Amidi Monday October 22, 2007 5:30 am “Mirador” is a charmingly designed if not exceptionally animated music video for the Danish group Efterklang. It is directed …