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Henry Selick Will Headline Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival
The fifth Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival is set to take place October 18-20 at Concordia University. The event will celebrate the …
Amid Amidi
Revisiting A Pre-“Roger Rabbit” Music Video That Combined Animation with Live-Action
Via Cartoon Brew’s bustling Facebook group comes this 1983 Al Jarreau music video for “Mornin’.” It’s fascinating to see what was …
“Imitation of Life” Sneaks Animation Into the Venice Biennale
The Venice Biennale, the major biannual art festival that is currently ongoing in Venice, Italy, features an animation installation this …
“Wolf Within” by Alex Horan
“As a boy in Kansas I was afraid of three things: rattlesnakes, tornados, and my father.”
Late Night Work Club Premieres 38-Minute Compilation “Ghost Stories”
Today, the Late Night Work Club debuts their first project Ghost Stories, a 38-minute compilation of animated shorts by up-and-coming …
Interview with “Uncle Grandpa” Creator Pete Browngardt
Uncle Grandpa premieres this evening at 8 p.m. (ET, PT) on Cartoon Network. The show was created by Peter Browngardt, 34, who also voices …
Say It Ain’t Sayonara, Miyazaki
Japanese animation director Hayao Miyazaki, 72, has retired, say reports from the Venice Film Festival. The announcement was made by Koji …
Chris Burns’ “Coin” Is the Videogame Satire to End All Videogame Satires
Coin, an animated short directed and animated by Chris Burns, premiered at the Midsummer Night Toons a couple months ago and was recently …
Trailer: “Chief, Your Butt’s On Fire” by Steve Moore
Steve Moore, the director of Disney’s rarely seen Oscar-nominated short Redux Riding Hood as well as The Indescribable Nth, has completed …
BREAKING: “Paperman” Director John Kahrs Leaves Disney
Per the “officially unofficial” Twitter account of Walt Disney Animation Studios, Academy Award-winning animation director John Kahrs, of …
John Lasseter Removes Bob Peterson As Director of “Good Dinosaur” [UPDATED]
The LA Times has confirmed that Bob Peterson has been dropped as director of Pixar’s 2014 feature The Good Dinosaur. The news of …
Richard Williams To Screen Footage of His New Film in Los Angeles
The legendary Richard Williams, eighty years young, will appear in Los Angeles on Friday, October 4th, to celebrate the opening of a new …
“The Last Flight of the Champion” Will Open in US Theaters on Saturday
The Last Flight of the Champion hasn’t been on my radar at all, but it would appear to be an independent Amercian CGI theatrical feature. …
Book Review: “The Noble Approach: Maurice Noble and the Zen of Animation Design”
“The Noble Approach: Maurice Noble and the Zen of Animation Design” ranks among the most unique and delightful animation books in recent memory.
See A 26-Page Preview of “VIP: The Mad World of Virgil Partch”
Fantagraphics has made available a 26-page PDF preview (download here) of their forthcoming Virgil ‘VIP’ Partch retrospective book that …
The GEICO Gecko Does Not Like Being Called A Cartoon
Sometimes a TV commercial is just a TV commercial. But not this time. This new spot for auto insurance company GEICO is noteworthy for …
“Animation Sketchbooks” Book Review and Gallery
Laura Heit’s Animation Sketchbooks (published this month by Chronicle Books in the US, and earlier by Thames & Hudson in the UK) offers a …
Disney Tags the English Coastline with 260-Feet High Cartoon Characters
Disney launched Disney Infinity in the UK by plastering the characters from the game onto the landmark White Cliffs of Dover along the …
Nick Releases “Legend of Korra” Prequel Webseries “Republic City Hustle”
Nickelodeon is releasing online a three-part Legend of Korra webseries called “Republic City Hustle,” presumably to help build buzz for …
“Passer Passer” by Louis Morton
An animated city symphony celebrates the hidden world of background noise with field recordings from the streets of LA and Tokyo.
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