Roy Jenkins’ Good-Girl Art

Brew reader Andy Kinyon writes in with a query:Over ten years ago I was given two drawings. I guess youd call them pin-up cartoon girls. …

Adventure Time T-Shirts

UPDATE: More details about new Adventure Time merchandise here. I was a fan of Pen Ward’s warped cartoon genius before I saw his two …

Max Hattler

Directors Notes offers a 16-minute audio interview with Max Hattler about his new experimental short Drift, which can be viewed here. …

Brad Bird Interviews

Brad Bird has done a couple radio interviews in the past week which are worth a listen. The first interview refers to him as “Big Bird” …

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 …

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