Bob Givens Interview

Animator, character designer and layout artist Bob Givens (UPA, Warner Bros.) dropped by the Asifa-Hollywood Animation Archive a had a …

Corny Gets Aid

Tina Price of the Creative Talent Network went to Cal Arts on Tuesday and gave Corny Cole a check on behalf of the animation community. …

Ralph Bakshi’s Bickersons

Here’s a real rarity. When Ralph Bakshi worked at Paramount in 1967, he produced several theatrical shorts and proposed a dozen more. …

Emru Townsend, RIP

Emru (r.) with sister Tamu Our friend and colleague Emru Townsend passed away last night after a brave battle with leukemia. Emru was …

New Works by Fons Schiedon

It seems that the talented Dutch animator and illustrator Fons Schiedon is always working on something interesting. We’ve written about …

Bob Camp Remembers Me!

Since May, Jason Anders has been interviewing some the best artists working in animation on his Fulle Circle Productions blog. Bookmark …

Creation Mutation

The Girls have announced that Michelle Valigura’s solo show, Creation Mutation will open at M Modern Gallery in Palm Springs this …

Caroline Attia’s Sarah

This beautiful anti-gun violence TV spot was directed by French animator, designer and illustrator Caroline Attia. This is her first …

Superjail Interview

Cold Hard Flash has an interview with two of Superjail’s co-creators Christy Karacas and Stephen Warbrick, as well as the show’s …

Joe Murray Explains it All…

Artist, illustrator and animator Joe Murray is also one of the most successful cartoon show creators working today. Joe has just produced …

Analyzing the Animation of Seth MacFarlane

A former Family Guy fan, Kyle Evans, has come to the conclusion that Seth MacFarlane is a “talentless writer” who “doesn’t have a clue …

Friz Sketch

Animator Mike Kazaleh found this incredible Pink-Panther-meets-Bugs -Bunny sketch by Friz Freleng (click on thumbnail below to see full …

Bill Melendez 1916-2008

Bill Melendez, the Mexican-born American character animator, film director, and film producer, best known for his animation for Warner …

Weekend Inspiration

As we head into the long holiday weekend, I thought it’d be nice to take a moment and share some inspiring images I’ve run across this …

LA Times on Lee Blair’s Olympic Gold

Disney animator Lee Blair won a Gold medal for watercolor painting at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. That was back in the day …

Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood

Chuck Jones (1912-2002) sketches himself as a boy “conducting the ocean” in a new documentary short directed by Peggy Stern, Chuck Jones: …

The Amazing Mr. Bickford

Clay puppets, miniature sets, cutouts, replacement animation, aluminum foil, “strato-cut” slices, molten wax, and other techniques… …

Rediscovering Irv Spector

Director Michael Sporn has recently been in touch with the son of animation legend Irv Spector. Spector worked as an animator, designer …

B&F meet Freleng and Clampett

Once again, I’ve dug out a few embarrassing photos of myself which I thought I’d post online for posterity. In 1982, Will Friedwald and …

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