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Peter Ellenshaw (1913-2007)

Dave Smith reports that Peter Ellenshaw passed away yesterday, in Santa Barbara. Ellenshaw is best known for his incredible matte …

Allan Holtz, on his indespensible comic strip blog Stripper’s Guide, has posted an intriguing 1925 article (from Cartoons and Movies …

Italian animation legend Emanuele Luzzati has died at age 85. He collaborated with Giulio Gianini on numerous cut-out animation shorts …

Romain Segaud (b. 1980) is one of France’s most exciting up-and-coming animation talents. He was the co-director of the awesome student …

Did you know Warner Bros. animator Ken Harris has a website dedicated exclusively to his work? Me neither. The site is MasterAnimator.com …

A number of the winning films from this year’s Annecy animation festival can be seen on-line in their entirety. Here’s links to the ones …

You know it. You have it. You’ve studied it from cover to cover. Preston Blair’s ANIMATION is the book on character animation basics. …

We received a lot of positive feedback when we did “Jazz Cartoon Friday” so here’s another themed collection of cartoons. Today is, of …

LITTLE RURAL RIDING HOOD (1949)Director: Tex Avery (Thanks to Kevin Langley for posting this on YouTube)

Sharon Colman’s short film BADGERED, which was nominated for an Oscar this year, can now be viewed online HERE. (via No Fat Clips)

This weekend, SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE is airing an episode comprised entirely of Robert Smigel’s animated SATURDAY TV FUNHOUSE shorts. But …

If anybody has ever wondered why the 1930s-1950s are referred to as the Golden Age of animation, these four shorts below should provide …

Michael Sporn shares his memories of working on the last commercial that John Hubley ever directed. It was a spot for Vlasic Pickles that …

Brew reader Chris Olson found an old issue of POPULAR MECHANICS with a behind-the-scenes look at the making of PINOCCHIO, and he was kind …

There’s a solid animation lecture series currently happening at London’s Science Museum in conjunction with the Pixar: 20 Years of …

Story artist Jenny Lerew has posted another excellent entry about storytelling in animation on her blog, Blackwing Diaries. This time, …

Director/designer Dave Wasson (TIME SQUAD, MAX AND HIS SPECIAL PROBLEM) has launched a new line of T-shirts called Vot-Not. He’s starting …

An article in last week’s VARIETY reports that not only will Cartoon Network continue to air live-action films like ACE VENTURA and DUMB …

It looks like Nick Park’s Wallace and Gromit feature has spawned a real-life were-rabbit in England. The oversized rabbit is eating …

(click for larger version) The Ottawa International Animation Festival website has been updated with details on its 2006 edition, which …