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“My Dog Tulip” has terrific debut
Paul and Sandra Fierlinger’s My Dog Tulip had a terrific debut last week with the third-highest per-theater average at the North American …
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NY Times unaware that animation is a medium
The New York Times published an article by Brooks Barnes the other day in which he tried to explain to readers that animation was the …
“The Icing on the Cake” by Rauch Bros.
“The Icing on the Cake,” a cartoon that is figuratively sweet, debuted last night on PBS’s POV. The audio is recorded by StoryCorps and …
Disney promotes Tangled with “double rainbow” viral ad
How is it that a studio that once represented the height of creativity in filmmaking is now clinging onto the tails of tired Internet …
Fat Disney Princesses
BLAM! A series of obese Disney princesses drawn by Aly. Maybe they should lay off the Blam-burgers. More lovely ladies after the …
TALKBACK: The Regular Show
The first episode of the fifteen-minute series The Regular show premiered yesterday on the Cartoon Network. It can be seen below. …
Bruce by Tom Judd
Bruce is a powerful graduation film directed by Tom Judd at Royal College of Art. A simple gag on the surface, there are some …
Pixar’s Up is Blammed
How could you improve Pete Docter’s film Up? Let the brilliant minds at the Disney Channel “blam” the film like they’ve doing with the …
TALKBACK: What are 2010 graduates doing?
Here’s a talkback post dedicated to all the students who have graduated from animation schools in 2010. Now that it’s been three to four …
‘Snow White’ Model Marge Champion in ‘Life’ Magazine
Yesterday’s post about Marge Champion (née Belcher) reminded me of an article in the April 4, 1938 issue of Life about her role in Snow …
Happy Birthday, Marge Champion and Willis Pyle!
With all the RIP posts recently, it’s refreshing to hear some news about animation veterans who are alive. Today is the 91st birthday of …
Deneroff’s Law about Computer Animation
Animation historian Harvey Deneroff writes perceptively about animation past and present, and not so long ago, he wrote something about …
Flapjack ends tonight
The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack ends its series run tonight on Cartoon Network after forty-six episodes. Chowder, which also …
Is Aniboom Virtual Studio a legit studio?
Animation video sharing website Aniboom has announced they’re launching a “virtual animation studio.” They’re unclear about how their …
Scantily Clad CGI Horuses in a Conga Line
Enjoy: As best as I can make out, the animation combines a popular Japanese meme surrounding gay porn star Billy Herrington with a …
Kihachiro Kawamoto, RIP
It’s not a good week to be a Japanese animation legend. Stop motion animator and puppeteer Kihachiro Kawamoto, passed away last Monday at …
Disney Remixes Old Cartoons into Blam!
Brew reader Topher writes, “I saw these on the Disney channel. They are called BLAM! and they are horrendous. Disney cartoons with …
“My Dog Tulip” opening in New York
Paul Fierlinger’s animated feature My Dog Tulip opens an exclusive two-week run on September 1st at the Film Forum in New York. It opens …
Illusionist Producer Threatens Animator who Worked on Film
Bob Last, producer of Sylvain Chomet’s The Illusionist, sent a threatening email to one of the animators who worked on the movie because …
IPhone Game Angry Bird goes to Hollywood
For what certainly won’t be the last time, a successful iPhone game is attempting to make the leap into animated features and series. …
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