A Really Whole New World

This video is impressive: a guy, Nick Pitera, sings both the male and female parts of the Aladdin song, “A Whole New World.” As the video …

1934 Lantz studio photo on ebay

Another great eBay find. The seller wants too much money for this admittedly historic Walter Lantz studio staff photo. Anyone got $4 …

Brice Mack, RIP

Animation Magazine reports that background painter Brice Mack passed away on January 2 at the age of 90. His backgrounds appeared in …

Enrico Casarosa Talks Miyazaki

GhibliWorld.com offers a superb in-depth interview with Pixar story artist Enrico Casarosa in which he talks about Hayao Miyazaki’s …

Lu Guarnier, 1914-2007

Director Michael Sporn reports that Golden Age animator Lu Guarnier passed away on December 29, 2007. Guarnier started at Warner Bros. in …

Jack Zander (1908-2007)

Mark Mayerson has informed us that animator Jack Zander has passed away at age 99. Zander cut his teeth as an animator at Van Beuren, …

The Character Design of Ward Kimball

It is well known that, for a variety of reasons, legendary Disney director and animator Ward Kimball was demoted by Walt Disney from …

David O’Reilly

CG filmmaker David O’Reilly (RGBXYZ) has redone his website DavidOReilly.com and also posted an enticing trailer for his new short Serial …

Holiday Gift Ideas: Screening Room dvds

A company called Documentary Educational Resources (DER) has begun releasing episodes of a rare 1970s tv series called Screening Room …

Ken Southworth 1918-2007

This just in from animator Ken Priebe:It is with a heavy heart that I pass this news on to you…. I just got a call at VanArts from …

Weekend Reading: Nick Cross Interview

Ottawa-based animator/director dynamo Nick Cross talks to Chris Robinson about his career in this article in Guerilla magazine. He …

Fernando Leal

There isn’t a whole lot of work on the site of London-based Brazilian illustrator and animator Fernando Leal but what is there shows a …

Grim Natwick’s Scrapbook

No one animator’s career covered the history of animation, with so many important cultural touchstones, as Grim Natwick. His work spanned …

Get Well, Alex Anderson

ASIFA-San Francisco president Karl Cohen recently checked up on the whereabouts and condition of Alex Anderson (nephew of Paul Terry, Jay …

Happy Halloween!

If you don’t know who this animation genius is, click on the picture to find out.

Happy 95th to Ollie!

Happy birthday to animation legend Ollie Johnston who celebrates his 95th today! (Thanks, John Canemaker)

Schulz and Melendez

With all the recent discussion about Charles Schulz, I thought it’d be fun to share this 1969 photo of Schulz pulling a ‘Lucy’ on Peanuts …

Happy Birthday Ralph Bakshi

I thought we’d celebrate the day with a viewing of my favorite Bakshi short, the grooviest cartoon ever made: Marvin Digs (1967).

A Don Hertzfeldt Interview

A brand-new online pop culture website, Bridgerack, has posted a really good Conversation With Don Hertzfeldt (Part One of Four starts …

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