TV New George of the Jungle in Flash by Jerry Beck Wednesday June 20, 2007 6:00 pm Here’s a sneak peek at some finished footage from the new Flashanimated George Of the Jungle, in production by Studio B in …
Cartoon Culture Lou Romano’s New Yorker Cover by Amid Amidi Wednesday June 20, 2007 2:13 pm Congrats to Lou Romano who painted the cover for this week’s New Yorker. Various illustrators who work in animation, like …
Shorts New Gobelins Shorts by Amid Amidi Wednesday June 20, 2007 1:53 pm The latest batch of six student shorts from the French animation school Gobelins have been posted online HERE. All these …
Animators A Letter from Ward Kimball by Amid Amidi Wednesday June 20, 2007 1:19 pm Animator and director Will Finn has posted a letter that hereceived from Ward Kimball in 1973 packed with sage words about …
Disney Disney Feature’s New Name by Amid Amidi Wednesday June 20, 2007 12:44 pm Disney’s ad this year in the Annecy animation festival programbook announced a new name for their feature animation …
Ideas/Commentary The Bigger Picture by Jerry Beck Tuesday June 19, 2007 1:00 pm As an ex-theatrical film distributor myself, I’m alwaysfollowing trends in the industry as it evolves due to new …
Animators Michael Sporn @ ASIFA-East by Jerry Beck Tuesday June 19, 2007 10:00 am Heads up, New Yorkers. Michael Sporn will be discussing hisshort films at an ASIFA-East gathering tomorrow night at 7pm, at …
Classic Paramount Shorts 1934 by Jerry Beck Tuesday June 19, 2007 8:24 am Here’s a killer item on ebay. If I could afford it, I’d buythis. Since I can’t I might as well post it here and maybe …
Animators Fred Boot by Jerry Beck Tuesday June 19, 2007 12:30 am Fred Boot is a French graphic designer and cartoonist who hasbeen living in Hong Kong for the last 6 months. He’s started …
Books Magic Moving Images by Jerry Beck Monday June 18, 2007 3:30 am I was going to post about Collin Ord’s forthcoming book MagicMoving Images: Animated Optical Illusions, but he’s posted a …
Disney Disney In Deutschland by Jerry Beck Sunday June 17, 2007 9:20 am For those of you who were disturbed by our post of Bimbo inIsrael, here’s the flip side of the coin. Currently playing …
Feature Film Variety: Ratatouille Rave Review by Jerry Beck Friday June 15, 2007 9:51 pm Variety has posted the first trade review of Ratatouille – andit’s a rave. “After the superhero spoof of “The …
Animators Weather Man by Jerry Beck Friday June 15, 2007 2:55 pm Soundac was the Miami Florida animation studio that didcommercials, station IDs, and most famously, the first color …
Advertising Goodbye Toucan Sam by Jerry Beck Thursday June 14, 2007 7:15 pm An era has ended. Kellogg’s has announced it will no longermarket its sugared cereals to children. Kellogg’s also said …
CGI Go see “Surf’s Up” by Jerry Beck Thursday June 14, 2007 10:00 am Last night Asifa-Hollywood had a screening of Surf’s Up and Imoderated an enjoyable Q&A with Ash Brannon and several key …