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Behind the Scenes: Mt. Franklin Bottled Water
by Jerry Beck   Wednesday May 30, 2012   12:05 am
First, director Simon Robson of Australia’s Engine recently
created this beautiful “relief collage” styled spot for Mt. …
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Cartoon Culture

Obama Is Bugs Bunny, Romney Is Daffy Duck
by Amid Amidi   Tuesday May 29, 2012   3:30 pm
If you’re trying to understand the 2012 US Presidential
elections, here it is in cartoon terms: Barack Obama is Bugs …
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Animators

New Investigation Into The Police Shooting Death Of Animator Paul Boyd
by Amid Amidi   Tuesday May 29, 2012   1:04 pm
A new video has surfaced that shows the Vancouver police
department shooting Paul Boyd to death. Boyd was a director on …
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Shorts

“Mongrel & The Wrath of the Ape King” by Morgan King
by Jerry Beck   Tuesday May 29, 2012   1:00 am
Morgan King had dreamed of making a Ralph Bakshi-ish rotoscoped
fantasy animation all his life. This is the result of those …
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Stop Motion

Lost animated “Little Rascals” pilot from 1970
by Jerry Beck   Monday May 28, 2012   12:05 am
Here’s a curio from the early 1970s. In the days before computer
colorization, after Fred Ladd found success re-painting and …
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How to Create Cartoons by Frank Tashlin

Animators

Let Frank Tashlin Teach You His “SCOT Art” Cartooning Method
by Amid Amidi   Sunday May 27, 2012   2:08 am
Frank Tashlin’s extremely rare 1952 cartooning booklet How to
Draw Cartoons has been posted online in its entirety. In the …
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Disney

All Hail our Mickey Masters!
by Jerry Beck   Sunday May 27, 2012   12:05 am
In honor of Memorial Day… This clip is a relatively
recent dubbing of “Minnie’s Yoo Hoo” (from Mickey’s Follies …
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Tragedy of Man

Feature Film

Hungarian Animation Legend Marcell Jankovics Has Finished An Epic New Feature “The Tragedy of Man”
by Amid Amidi   Saturday May 26, 2012   3:56 pm
One of the most unique voices in animation, Marcell Jankovics,
the Hungarian director of features like Fehérlófia and …
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Bad Ideas

Rhode Island Taxpayers Lose $75 Million Trying To Make A Video Game
by Amid Amidi   Saturday May 26, 2012   12:07 pm
Last Thursday, Rhode Island-based 38 Studios laid off its entire
staff of nearly 400 people, which presumably included many …
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Animators

John Lasseter on the Future of Animation
by Jerry Beck   Friday May 25, 2012   1:30 pm
“No one goes to Milt Kahl – or Marc Davis or Ollie Johnston or
Frank Thomas – ‘Wow’ what pencil did you use?” That’s my …
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Disney

If the X-Men became a Disney Feature…
by Jerry Beck   Friday May 25, 2012   11:30 am
…it might look like these incredible designs by Matthew
Humphreys, an artist currently at Hasbro Studios. Click on image …
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Bad Ideas

Madagascar Knock-off From Hell
by Jerry Beck   Thursday May 24, 2012   3:30 pm
Not to be confused with Dreamworks’ Madagascar…
…actually, the makers of Life’s A Jungle are …
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CGI

Afghanistan Is Making Slick Computer Animated Films
by Amid Amidi   Thursday May 24, 2012   2:27 pm
Buz-e-Chini is being hailed in the news story above as being the
first computer-animated short in Hazaragi, the language of …
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Animators

Dreamworks Animators “Push It”
by Jerry Beck   Thursday May 24, 2012   1:00 pm
This year’s intro video to Dreamworks “Animation Day” (a day
long acting workshop for their animators) is a hoot. Look …
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Cartoon Modern

“Marooned On Watango Island” By Lluis Fuzzhound
by Amid Amidi   Wednesday May 23, 2012   4:32 pm
Self-taught Australian animator Lluis Fuzzhound’s Marooned On
Watango Island is a loving tribute to the Cartoon Modern style, …
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