Animators Don Knotts, RIP by Amid Amidi Saturday February 25, 2006 3:13 pm Don Knotts has passed away. He’ll always be remembered as Barney Fife and Raph Furley, though Knotts also had a lot of …
Animators A CAR-TUNE PORTRAIT by Jerry Beck Saturday February 25, 2006 9:05 am One of the hot things emerging on several cartoon blogs latelyis the detailed deconstruction of classic animated features …
Old Brew The New Yorker Cover That Wasn’t by Amid Amidi Friday February 24, 2006 12:43 pm This story is more about illustration than cartoons, but BillJoyce is a familiar face in animation nowadays. He was the …
Old Brew THE LITTLE SHORT SIGHTED SNAKE by Jerry Beck Friday February 24, 2006 8:02 am A new childrens short, The Little Short Sighted Snake, producedin Estonia and designed by Benjamin Bocquelet (of London’s …
Animators Evolution of a Disney Character by Amid Amidi Thursday February 23, 2006 4:29 pm Master character designer Harald Siepermann has been doing someexceptional posts on his blog where he discusses how he …
Animators Animation Storytelling: The Pitch by Amid Amidi Thursday February 23, 2006 9:39 am Story artist Jenny Lerew has written another wonderful piece onanimation storytelling, this time with a discussion of the …
Old Brew RARE ANIME FEATURE RESTORED by Jerry Beck Wednesday February 22, 2006 11:41 pm The Japan Times is reporting that the first post-war Japaneseanimated feature has been restored to its original 48 minute …
Illustration “Remixing the Magic” in LA TIMES by Amid Amidi Wednesday February 22, 2006 4:59 pm Alex Chun has been writing some excellent animation/popculture-related pieces for the LA TIMES in recent months, and …
Animators I WANT MY MAYPO! by Jerry Beck Wednesday February 22, 2006 9:22 am Homestat Farm, the current manufactuers of MAYPO (the mapleflavored oatmeal cereal) are relaunching the product with an …
Animators The (Mis)Marketing of Feature Animation by Amid Amidi Wednesday February 22, 2006 8:15 am The FPS MAGAZINE blog has a thought-provoking piece by MarcHairston about how Disney – not having learned anything from …
Old Brew CHINA BANS SPACE JAM, ROGER RABBIT, COOL WORLD… etc. by Jerry Beck Wednesday February 22, 2006 6:59 am I love this story in today’s DAILY VARIETY:Jessica Rabbit isn’twelcome in China — and Michael Jordan shouldn’t show up with …
Animators Happy Birthday, Nina Simone by Amid Amidi Tuesday February 21, 2006 12:13 pm Today is Nina Simone’s birthday (Feb. 21, 1933-April 21, 2003),and to commemorate the date, here’s a soulful stop-motion …
Old Brew Puffy Blog by Amid Amidi Tuesday February 21, 2006 10:31 am The guys and gals of the HI HI PUFFY AMIYUMI crew at RenegadeAnimation have put up a blog HERE. There’s a lot of talented …
Old Brew Dear Mr. Iger, by Jerry Beck Tuesday February 21, 2006 9:00 am Now that you’ve returned a creative producer – an animator, noless – to head Disney Feature Animation and Imagineering, and …
Old Brew HAPPY BIRTHDAY: ANIMATION 1906-2006 by Jerry Beck Monday February 20, 2006 3:09 pm The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive has just noted that April6th marks the 100th birthday of animation. James Stuart …