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ASIFA-Hollywood is presenting two animation events this month well worth your time and participation. Bill Plympton: On Wednesday …
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John Canemaker Events
Two upcoming John Canemaker events in the New York area: The Tribeca Film Festival will salute the animator with The Animated World of …
Elbert Tuganov (1920-2007)
Pioneering Estonian animator Elbert Tuganov has passed away at age 87. Chris Robinson, author of Estonian Animation: Between Genius and …
Glen Keane Draws
Glen Keane lectured at CalArts a couple weeks ago. Below is a short video of Keane drawing the Beast and explaining some of the design …
Marvcards
Animator Marv Newland dropped us a note about his new art project/website, Marvcards, which he says is part of “a little film in the …
Thorndyke on Mercer and Crandall
Here’s an oddity. I found a copy of cartoonist Chuck Thorndyke’s 1939 book The Business of Cartooning: The Success Stories of the …
More on George Pal’s Puppetoons
As a follow up to my posting a 1943 Look Magazine article on George Pal, Brew reader Kevin Kidney sends us this April 1944 Coronet …
Paul Driessen at UCLA
Dutch animator Paul Driessen will make a rare Los Angeles area appearance next week, on Friday March 16th. Driessen will do an Q & A …
Osvaldo Cavandoli (1920 -2007)
Giannalberto Bendazzi sends word that Italian animator Osvaldo Cavandoli died in Milan on Saturday, March 3rd, 2007, of natural causes. …
J.J. Defends 2-D
Go J.J.! Animator J.J. Sedelmaier has written an editorial for latest edition of Create Magazine making the case for animation …
Kant-1
French illustrator, designer and 2D animator Quentin Tavernier (aka Kant-1) has a cool new website worth checking out. It’s as much fun …
1943 article on Pal’s Puppetoons
From Collier’s magazine (January 16, 1943), an interesting article on George Pal and hisPuppetoon shorts for Paramount Pictures. Click on …
New Internet ads by John K.
John Kricfalusi has done four mini animated pieces for Raketu, a new internet/cell phone entertainment/communication service. John has …
More from Jules Engel’s estate
Here are a few more caricatures from Jules Engel’s estate, courtesy of USC’s Christine Panushka, Jules’s executor. Christine wants to …
Jules Engel on Bambi
These three caricatures, above, are of Jules Engel enacting part of a storyboard on Bambi. Don’t strain your eyes. Click here to see a …
Monday Morning Reading
Just a few interesting bits I’ve run across recently: Perhaps the best tribute I’ve read to Ryan Larkin is this piece by animation …
Brad Bird on Good Morning America
In case you missed it this morning, here’s the segment on Brad Bird from ABC News. Lots of nice clips from Ratatouille. Also, after the …
Chris Ishii’s Lil’ Neebo
I was bummed when animation artist Chris Ishii passed away in 2001 because I’d had his phone number on my desktop for quite a while and …
Ryan Larkin (1943-2007)
Canadian animation legend Ryan Larkin passed away on February 14 from brain cancer. Larkin directed and animated the 1969 Oscar-nominated …
Brad Bird Podcast Interview
Pixar animators Adam Burke and Andrew Gordon of the Spline Doctors blog have posted a terrific 53-minute podcast interview with Brad …
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