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Jim Tyer, Super Genius

Readers of Cartoon Brew should know the name Jim Tyer. He’s the cartoonist whose each and every drawing will immediately make you laugh, …

So you’re a 23-year-old unknown animator and you’d like your work seen by millions of people on national TV. How do you do it? For …

Born in Moscow and currently living in Spain, 22-year-old illustrator/animator Nicolai Troshinsky creates beautiful lyrical mini-films in …

Above: Bill Littlejohn at Playhouse Pictures in 1962 Whenever I’m depressed about the state of contemporary animation, I think about …

It’s not just blogs that offer valuable animation-related content nowadays. Here are three recent audio podcasts with three super …

Our pal, Anne D. Bernstein found this online: “I came across this animated film while doing some research about F. Scott Fitzgerald. She …

Dutch animator and illustrator Fons Schiedon has a lot of impressive work on his website FonzTV.nl, and none more so than the educational …

The CBC has a followup article about the tragic police shooting of Vancouver animator Paul Boyd, mentioned here yesterday. The article …

We are not clear on the details, but it’s being reported today that Vancouver animator Paul Boyd was shot and killed by police on Monday …

The dvd single of Don Hertzfeldt’s latest (and in my opinion, strongest and most intensely cinematic) short Everything Will Be OK goes on …

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 …

Here’s a short and amusingly awkward interview with animation artist and voice actor Lou Romano (Ratatouille’s Linguini). It’s funny how …

Director Chris Sanders (Lilo and Stitch), currently helming Crood Awakening at DreamWorks, has launched a website Ã¢â‚¬” …

Three good artist blogs you can’t go wrong with… Alberto Mielgo is among those animation artists today whose work really excites …

I just got word that Alexander Tatarski, an internationally known and praised animator, has passed away. He died yesterday at age …

Animation World Magazine has an interview with 99-year-old animation veteran Jack Zander whose career includes stints at studios like …

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 …

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 …

The word genius is thrown around a bit too frequently nowadays (admittedly, I’m guilty of it myself), but true animation geniuses the …

Animator David Nethery has created a wonderful photo album of classic and contemporary animators at their animation desks.