Internet/Blogs FLIP by Jerry Beck Tuesday May 1, 2007 12:02 am Is it possible to have an animation magazine about animators,written by animators, and edited by an animator? It is… …
Internet/Blogs Brew Radio: TONIGHT! by Jerry Beck Monday April 30, 2007 8:05 pm Just got a last minute call to appear on a radio show tonight(4/30) at 11pm Pacific (2am Eastern). I’ll be discussing …
Disney Neal Gabler on Disney at LAT Book Fest by Jerry Beck Monday April 30, 2007 11:02 am I took a break from my deadlines on Saturday to see Mike Barrier discuss his Walt Disney biography at the Los Angeles Times …
Events McLaren Remixed by Amid Amidi Monday April 30, 2007 7:36 am FPS Magazine informs us about Norman, a new mixed-media stageproduction that combines the works of an animation legend with …
Ideas/Commentary The Curious Absence of Humor in Primetime Animation by Amid Amidi Monday April 30, 2007 7:25 am Are The Simpsons and Family Guy creatively bankrupt? Is the Pope Catholic? The New York Sun’s David Blum wrote a sharp …
Animators Ken Anderson Sketchbook Drawings by Amid Amidi Monday April 30, 2007 6:26 am Don’t miss this charming set of sketchbook drawings by legendary Disney production designer Ken Anderson, posted at Mark …
Events Too Art For TV, Too by Jerry Beck Sunday April 29, 2007 12:19 pm The first one was a big success, so here comes Too Art for TV,Too, the second annual exhibition of personal art by New …
Animators Doop Doop by Jerry Beck Saturday April 28, 2007 8:35 am Disney animator Rob Corley (Mulan, Lilio and Stitch) has postedthis fun little (80 second) pencil test he made around ’94 or …
Shorts Men in Black by Amid Amidi Friday April 27, 2007 7:14 am Working on a tight budget? The piece below is a beautifulexample of how great artwork combined with creative compositing …
Cartoon Culture Betty Boop Slept Here by Jerry Beck Friday April 27, 2007 12:05 am Fleischer Studios made arguably the funniest cartoons of the1920s and ’30s — and they made them, from 1923 through 1938, in …
Books Cartoon Modern is Voted Best Film Book of 2006 by Amid Amidi Thursday April 26, 2007 7:37 am I’m not one who likes to brag but that’s because I usually don’t have a whole lot to brag about. Things are a little …
Ideas/Commentary The Saga of Todd Goldman by Amid Amidi Thursday April 26, 2007 1:35 am Todd Goldman is a talented artist whose t-shirt/apparel companyDavid and Goliath, Inc. made $90 million in 2004. That’s …
Illustration Shag Documentary by Jerry Beck Thursday April 26, 2007 12:02 am I like Shag, but I hope this documenatry is better than itstrailer:
Books Los Angeles Times Festival of Books by Jerry Beck Wednesday April 25, 2007 5:55 pm The LA Times Festival of Books (4/28-29) is such a huge event -the Comic Con International of book fairs, if you will – that …
Cartoon Culture Brew Radio: TODAY! by Jerry Beck Wednesday April 25, 2007 10:00 am Here’s the reminder: yours truly, Jerry Beck, will appear on alive Internet radio chat today at 7pm Eastern/4pm Pacific. I …