A Few Notes About Don Hertzfeldt
The dvd single of Don Hertzfeldt’s latest (and in my opinion, strongest and most intensely cinematic) short Everything Will Be OK goes on …
Animators
JibJab “Starring You”
First, let me again apologize for foisting my face on the blog, but it’s an image from my latest starring role. The big news is that …
A Word With Lou Romano
Here’s a short and amusingly awkward interview with animation artist and voice actor Lou Romano (Ratatouille’s Linguini). It’s funny how …
New Chris Sanders Website
Director Chris Sanders (Lilo and Stitch), currently helming Crood Awakening at DreamWorks, has launched a website — …
A Few Good Blogs
Three good artist blogs you can’t go wrong with… Alberto Mielgo is among those animation artists today whose work really excites …
R.I.P. Alexander Tatarski
I just got word that Alexander Tatarski, an internationally known and praised animator, has passed away. He died yesterday at age …
Jack Zander Interview
Animation World Magazine has an interview with 99-year-old animation veteran Jack Zander whose career includes stints at studios like …
RIP, Art Stevens
I was out of town when this news emerged a couple weeks ago but I wanted to make mention of the passing of Disney animator and director …
RIP, David Hilberman
ASIFA-San Francisco president Karl Cohen forwarded a note to let us know that UPA co-founder and one of the last of the truly great …
Monday Morning Inspiration: Tex Avery
The word genius is thrown around a bit too frequently nowadays (admittedly, I’m guilty of it myself), but true animation geniuses the …
Animators at Work
Animator David Nethery has created a wonderful photo album of classic and contemporary animators at their animation desks.
Preston Blair abstract TV spot
Animator Fred Cline has posted a rare 50s Air Force Reserve TV spot by Preston Blair featuring early abstract motion graphics. Click Here …
Report from Platform #2
Bill Plymton, Pat Smith and Peter Lord during today’s Platform Festival picnic, Portland OR — Wednesday, 6.27.07, 04:10 pm
A Letter from Ward Kimball
Animator and director Will Finn has posted a letter that he received from Ward Kimball in 1973 packed with sage words about becoming an …
Michael Sporn @ ASIFA-East
Heads up, New Yorkers. Michael Sporn will be discussing his short films at an ASIFA-East gathering tomorrow night at 7pm, at the School …
Fred Boot
Fred Boot is a French graphic designer and cartoonist who has been living in Hong Kong for the last 6 months. He’s started a nice blog …
Weather Man
Soundac was the Miami Florida animation studio that did commercials, station IDs, and most famously, the first color cartoon for TV …
Update at the Ken Harris website
John Dyson, the grandson of master animator Ken Harris (1898-1982) started a website last year to post artwork, photographs and ephemera …
Gene Deitch’s office
Last month, my pal Rusty Frank told me she was going to Prague to perform (she’s a tap dancer and expert on the history of tap) and she …
Carl Barks estate auction
Auctioneers Bonhams & Butterfields will hold an Entertainment Memorabilia and Animation Art sale on June 4th 2007 in Los Angeles, …
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