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Buy Joe Barbera’s Studio City Estate
Sheila Barbera, the wife of the late Hanna-Barbera co-founder Joe Barbera, has listed their Studio City estate for $6.795 million …
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High School Drawing by Tex Avery
This comic from Tex Avery’s days at North Dallas High School (see larger version here) is currently up for auction on Howard Lowery’s …
Comment of the Day: Musical Executives
In the post earlier this week about animation executive Max Howard, I wrote (somewhat flippantly) that nobody understood why “almost …
“Muscular Princesses” by Julia Farkas
Anybody can draw in a naïve art style, but few do it well. Muscular Princesses (original title: Izmos királylányok) by Júlia Farkas …
Animated Fragments #7
Read THIS if you want to know more about Animated Fragments. Subscribe to our channel on Vimeo to see all the Fragments. Supreme …
A Novel Use of Animated GIFs
French animator Stephen Vuillemin created this on-line comic composed entirely of animated GIFs. The storyline is a tad on the crude …
“Cars 2” is Already a Hit Whether You Like the Film Or Not
An article in Monday’s Wall Street Journal deemed Cars 2 a Hit Already–in Stores. The article made it clear that the franchise earns an …
The Legend of Max Howard
Seeing Max Howard’s name as one of the judges of Animation Magazine’s Pitch Party reminded me of a link I’d been meaning to share. First, …
A Pitch Party Where Everyone Loses Except Animation Magazine
The problem with publishing a magazine about animation that nobody wants to read is that one often has to resort to questionable tactics …
Happy Father’s Day!
The quintessential Father’s Day cartoon, not to mention an extraordinary achievement in the art of cartoon animation: Chuck Jones’ A Bear …
“The Resale Right” by Pierre-Emmanuel Lyet
I’ve viewed countless examples of typographic animation throughout the years, but none as appealing and fun as The Resale Right (Le Droit …
How Animation Can Interact with Nature
I’ve written fairly often about the contemporary evolution of animation beyond the flat, rectangular, non-interactive screen. Animation …
Smears, Multiples and Other Animation Gimmicks
The geekiest, and therefore coolest, animation-related Tumblr I’ve seen: Smears, Multiples and Other Animation Gimmicks. Tumblr users are …
“Sayonara” by Eric Bates
Canadian artist Eric Bates made Sayonara while studying animation in Japan at the Kyoto University of Art and Design. “This story was …
Let’s Hear 74 Rounds of Applause for John Lasseter
Semi-disturbing fact from an interactive John Lasseter graphic in the Wall Street Journal: He received 74 rounds of applause in the …
“On Time Off” by Bill Porter
Bill Porter’s On Time Off will either inspire you to head to the beach or make you want to stay as far the hell away as possible. His …
“You Can’t Teach an Old Dog New Tricks” by Reuben Sutherland
Reuben Sutherland, whose zoetrope music LP appeared on the Brew a few months back, recently directed this music video for Seasick Steve’s …
TRAILER: Bibo Bergeron’s “Un Monstre à Paris”
A trailer (en français) for Bibo Bergeron’s long-gestating CG feature Un Monstre à Paris has popped up on the website Catsuka. …
NYC PREMIERE: “The Green Wave”
Continuing the trend of documentaries that incorporate animation, Ali Samadi Ahadi’s The Green Wave recounts the “Green Revolution” …
Stop-Motion Saturn
Designer Chris Abbas downloaded a public domain archive of still images captured by NASA’s Cassini Solstice Mission and composited them …
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