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June Foray and Johnny Carson
Everyone has to start somewhere. Johnny Carson started in 1951 with a painfully unfunny sketch comedy show called Carson’s Cellar. That, …
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“A Hitch in Time” By Chuck Jones
A Hitch in Time is a new one for me: a 1955 propaganda short directed by Chuck Jones that encouraged U. S. Air Force personnel to …
Tonight in Brooklyn: Final Night of Priit Pärn Screenings
It’s the last night of Priit Pärn screenings at the Spectacle Theater in Williamsburg (124 S. 3rd Street, Brooklyn, NY). Pärn is …
JibJab Pushes Into Children’s Entertainment With StoryBots
Brothers Evan and Gregg Spiridellis, founders of JibJab, were visiting New York yesterday to officially launch their new multi-platform …
“Monsieur Flap” By Nicolas Athané And Brice Chevillard
Since I haven’t had a chance to post much in the past week, I can do no less than offer you a very special piece of animation: Monsieur …
“Pinched” by David Vandervoort
Pinched is an animated short with slick production values written and directed by David Vandervoort. He produced it in 2009 at Titmouse, …
“Junkyard”, “Arrugas” Win Top Ottawa Festival Honors
The winners of the 2012 Ottawa International Animation Festival were announced earlier tonight at the National Arts Center in Ottawa. The …
In Philly: Enchanted Drawing Animation Conference
If you like to watch cartoon characters bash each other over the noggin and hand each other sticks of dynamite, this is probably not the …
A Talk About Ward Kimball in Ottawa
The Ottawa International Animation Festival will take place this week. At the festival, I will be speaking about the life, art and …
GIVEAWAY: Ottawa International Animation Festival Pass
Still don’t have tickets to the largest animation festival in North America — the Ottawa International Animation Festival? You’re in …
A Chat With Ottawa Festival Artistic Director Chris Robinson
First staged in 1976, the Ottawa International Animation Festival is no spring chicken. Only the animation festivals in Annecy (France) …
“The Story of You: ENCODE And The Human Genome” By DC Turner
The Story of You: ENCODE And The Human Genome is a primer about the latest developments in genetics research. Commissioned by Nature.com, …
Report: Animators Are Raising Big Money On Kickstarter
When television creators Dan Harmon (Community) and Dino Stamatopoulos (Moral Orel) — partners in Los Angeles production company …
DreamWorks Animation Ambition: 12 Features in 3-1/2 Years
DreamWorks Animation has unveiled the most ambitious animated feature slate of any cartoon studio in history. Beginning next spring, …
Game Trailer: The Unfinished Swan
Intriguing trailer for a forthcoming PlayStation Network game called The Unfinished Swan. The mood and visuals suggest an indie animated …
“PigGoat BananaMantis!” Is Happening Again
A few weeks ago, I posted a teaser trailer for PigGoat BananaMantis!, a project developed for Nickelodeon by Dave Cooper and Johnny Ryan, …
Walt Disney Productions Organizational Synergy Diagram, 1967
Howard Lowery is currently auctioning an interesting historical curio that I hadn’t seen before: an organizational diagram showing the …
“The Day of the Crows” Trailer
This looks like a visually lush and promising animated feature. The Day of the Crows (Le Jour des Corneilles) is a hand-drawn film based …
Tomorrow: Tom Bancroft Online Workshop
On Thursday, September 6, at 8pm (Central), former Disney animator Tom Bancroft will host a live online drawing workshop. He does these …
Monty Python Gets Animated In “A Liar’s Autobiography”
Here’s the newly released trailer for A Liar’s Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman, a film that we expect to …
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