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Design Books Galore

by Amid Amidi   Tuesday September 21, 2004   4:41 pm

Illustrator Mark Frauenfelder’s recent post on Boing Boing about
the forthcoming Jim Flora book is a reminder of what a …

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MORE CHEAP CARTOON DVDS

by Jerry Beck   Tuesday September 21, 2004   3:43 pm

This must be the golden age of cheap public domain cartoon dvds.
ILM animation director Tom Bertino sent in this toon …

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ANIMAC

by Jerry Beck   Tuesday September 21, 2004   8:43 am

A few years ago I was invited to be a judge for the animation
sidebar to the SITGES FANTASY FILM FESTIVAL in Spain. Animator …

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Dun’t Esk

by Amid Amidi   Tuesday September 21, 2004   2:12 am

Milt Gross’s graphic novel HE DONE HER WRONG (1930) is examined
in this ARTICLE at Indy Magazine. Somebody really needs to …

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First Day at the Office

by Jerry Beck   Monday September 20, 2004   10:18 pm

Thursday, July 15, 2004 (Part II)_________________________ I
arrive at the studio, where I’m issued an electronic badge …

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DISNEY CELS

by Jerry Beck   Monday September 20, 2004   9:02 am

My buddy Arnold Leibovit (The Puppetoon Movie) has a nice
website called Sci-Fi Station which is dedicated to the great …

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VAN BEUREN’S TOM & JERRY

by Jerry Beck   Saturday September 18, 2004   9:06 am

Rivaling Fleischer studios with their abstract rubber-hose
animation style and hot jazz musical scores, the RKO Van Beuren …

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From Beautiful Downtown Burbank

by Amid Amidi   Saturday September 18, 2004   3:36 am

Gary Owens, the voice of Roger Ramjet, Space Ghost and Powdered
Toast Man, has a new book out called HOW TO MAKE A MILLION …

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Frank Thomas Remembered

by Amid Amidi   Friday September 17, 2004   2:48 am

Here’s an ARTICLE from Frank Thomas’s hometown paper, the LA
CANADA VALLEY SUN, with remembrances from Disney folk like …

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Fantagraphics Article

by Amid Amidi   Friday September 17, 2004   1:10 am

Nice article in this week’s SEATTLE WEEKLY about indie comic
publisher Fantagraphics. The piece relates that in the 28-year …

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DVD Plugs

by Amid Amidi   Friday September 17, 2004   12:42 am

A few DVD’s of note that I’ve received in the mail
recently: Politics and animation always seem to mix nicely, and …

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Exploring Reykjavik

by Jerry Beck   Thursday September 16, 2004   1:40 am

Thursday, July 15, 2004_________________________ I pop out of
bed like a piece of toast, slightly jet-lagged but so excited …

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SHARK TALE STEREOTYPES

by Jerry Beck   Wednesday September 15, 2004   3:04 pm

Dreamworks is getting flak over the use of Italian American
stereotypes in its new movie, SHARK TALE. While DreamWorks …

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ALVIN IN CG

by Jerry Beck   Tuesday September 14, 2004   8:12 pm

In case you were wondering what ever happened to Alvin, Simon
and Theodore:”Fox 2000 Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox …

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CAL ARTS TRIBUTE AT MOMA

by Jerry Beck   Tuesday September 14, 2004   8:04 pm

The Museum Of Modern Art in New York is planning a big
film-and-video tribute to CalArts that will take place in late …