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“Thunderpaw”, An Animated Comic By Jen Lee
Jen Lee is doing something very special with her newly launched on-line comic Thunderpaw: In the Ashes of Fire Mountain. The comic, which …
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THIS THURSDAY IN NYC: Scribble Junkies Festival of Drawn Animation
New York animation filmmakers Bill Plympton and Pat Smith will present a screening of recent hand-drawn animation this Thursday, August …
A Site Devoted To Rubber Hose Animation
It seems the more CG becomes the prevalent form of contemporary animation, the greater the desire that young artists have to rediscover …
Brenda Chapman Talks About “Brave” In “New York Times”
Now that Brenda Chapman is no longer an employee of Pixar, she is speaking out for the first time about being removed as the director of …
Disney Has Halted Production On Henry Selick’s Stop Motion Feature
Entertainment industry website Deadline.com published a report this afternoon that Disney has halted production on the new feature …
“Sick Leave” By Jake Fried
Watching Boston-based Jake Fried’s Sick Leave feels like discovering the animation of an indigenous tribe in some faraway land. The …
A French Skin Flick That Gets Up Close (NSFW)
It’s almost a guarantee that when you see a student film from the French animation school Supinfocom, it’s going to look beautiful. But …
Ed Hooks Explains Why His Popular Acting Book Is No Longer Available To Art Institutes Students
Last weekend we broke the story about Mike Tracy, a veteran teacher at the Art Institute of California–Orange County who is being …
“The Lost Art Of Heinrich Kley” Collects Over 450 Rare Drawings And Paintings
Small press publisher Picture This Press will release two-volumes of The Lost Art of Heinrich Kley next month at the Small Press Expo in …
This Fall, Mitt Romney Is “ParaMormon”
The inevitable U. S. election season mash-up:
“PigGoat BananaMantis!” By Dave Cooper, Johnny Ryan and Nick Cross
PigGoatBananaMantis! is a wacky teaser trailer created recently by comic artists Dave Cooper and Johnny Ryan, and animated by Nick Cross. …
“ParaNorman” Smears
Here’s something I’ve never seen before: sculpted smear models. Over the past decade, 3-D printers have transformed the art of stop …
Animation Teacher Faces Termination For Refusing To Sell His Students Unnecessary Books
The standard of being a good teacher tends to be the same at most schools. It involves sharing one’s experiences and knowledge, pushing …
Uli Meyer Will Direct A Short Based On Ronald Searle’s St. Trinian’s Girls
Animation veteran Uli Meyer is on a mission: capturing the vivid graphic style of illustration legend Ronald Searle in animation. …
“God Is Kidding” By Boaz Balachsan And Dima Tretyakov
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design students Boaz Balachsan and Dima Tretyakov recorded Israeli children giving their opinions about God …
“Brave” Creator Brenda Chapman Quits Pixar For Lucasfilm
From the No-Big-Surprise Department: Brenda Chapman, who developed Pixar’s Brave and was its original director before being replaced by …
The Average Workday At Disney Was A Lot Different Seventy Years Ago
No matter how many books one reads about classic Disney animation, it’s difficult to imagine the day-to-day life of artists during the …
“Wreck-It Ralph” + Ralph Bakshi = Rotoscope-It Ralph
Two things we never imagined together courtesy of artist Jeaux Janovsky: Disney’s upcoming film Wreck-It Ralph and Ralph Bakshi …
“6 Days to Air” Reveals “South Park”‘s Insane Production Schedule
I’ve always known that South Park is produced on an uncommonly fast production schedule, but I never realized how brutal that schedule is …
The Melvins Talk About Their First Tour
Mack Williams animated this piece for Pitchfork featuring sludge metal pioneers Melvins recounting their disastrous first tour in 1986. …
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