Betty Kimball, R.I.P.
Betty Lawyer Kimball passed away last Thursday evening at the age of 97. She died from natural causes. Betty (birth name: Mary …
Animators
TUESDAY in L.A. – Gene Deitch in Person
If you are in Southern California next Tuesday, July 6th, come and meet animator Gene Deitch who will appear in person at a tribute …
Ollie Johnston As You’ve Never Seen Him Before
click image for full-sized version For those of you who’ve been searching for images of Disney animator Ollie Johnston in the buff–I …
Craig Yoe’s Krazy Kool Kids Komics
Another week, another amazing book from Craig Yoe. And another enthusiastic plug from me, because these are truly great books. This time …
Quirino Cristiani documentary
A 2008 documentary about pioneer Argentine animator Quirino Cristiani (1896-1984) has just been released on DVD. Cristiani made the first …
Nate Theis does eCards for JibJab
Way back in March 2009, we told you to keep an eye on animator Nate Theis. One person who took our advice was Evan Spiridellis at JibJab, …
Telluride Film Festival Poster by Ralph Eggleston
The talented Ralph Eggleston designed this year’s poster for the Telluride Film Festival. As far as I know, the only other animation …
Ray Lei
Above is a profile of Ray Lei (aka Lei Lei), a Beijing-based graduate of Tsinghua University, Academy of Arts & Design. I was first …
Howard Post (1926-2010)
Mark Evanier has reported the passing of Howard Post. Mark does a great job discussing Post’s prolific career in comics. I, too, was a …
The Fred Moore Girl
Tracy Mark Lee, through his studio Electric Tiki Design, has been working on a maquette based on one of Freddy Moore’s always-appealing …
Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois Star in H-P Spot
Animators treated as celebs is a novelty that doesn’t get old so it’s good fun to see How To Train Your Dragon co-directors Chris Sanders …
Winsor McCay’s Hell House, Part Deux
This is a follow-up to a story that we first mentioned here a couple months ago about the decrepit state of cartoon legend and animation …
Carl Krull’s Animation
Walker is an arresting seventeen-second traffic safety spot created with a painterly feel by Danish artist Carl Krull. Also eye-catching …
Headless Studio
Headless Productions is a small independent animation studio founded by Adrian Garcia, Victor Maldonado and Alfredo Torres …
Beautiful Grim
Leif Jeffers, an animator at DreamWorks, wrote in to tell us of an auction that went live on ebay today. It’s called Beautiful Grim. Here …
The Magic of Mary Blair
No one admires the work of Mary, Lee and Preston Blair more than we do. Now Mary’s nieces, Maggie and Jeanne, have just sent word of …
Major Chuck Jones Exhibit Coming to Los Angeles
Cleanse thine eyes, brave animation lover. As if anticipating the eyesore that was unveiled yesterday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts …
Ted Petok (1917-2010)
Cartoonist, illustrator and Oscar winning animator Ted Petok has passed away at age 93. His Oscar winning short was The Crunch Bird …
Michael Pataki (1938-2010)
Veteran actor Michael Pataki passed away on April 15. The cause of death was cancer. Variety has his obituary. In addition to hundreds of …
Suspended Animation Gallery
We are long overdue in giving a plug to the Suspended Animation Gallery, an online art collection of pieces produced by Disney animation …
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