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“Lucky in Love” Promo
Stephen DeStefano (Venture Bros., Sym-Bionic Titan) created this short promo to announce the first volume of his WWII-era graphic novel …
Amid Amidi
Bob McIntosh, R.I.P.
Bob McIntosh passed away on June 17, 2010 at the age of 94. Born on March 11, 1916 in Vallejo, California, and raised in Stockton, Bob …
Creepy Yogi Bear Movie Poster
I’m not sure what’s more disturbing in this Yogi Bear poster: the grotesquely incompetent artwork or the dirty double entendre tagline. …
Cool Advances in CG Motion Blur
Here are some intriguing animation examples from a paper delivered at SIGGRAPH 2010 about “Programmable Motion Effects.” The …
Accumulonimbus by Andy Kennedy
An experimental animated short by Brooklyn-based animator Andy Kennedy, Accumulonimbus depicts various objects moving around in a spin …
Animation Block Party 2010 Winners
The seventh annual Animation Block Party wrapped up in Brooklyn last Sunday. The event’s organizer, Casey Safron, has created a unique …
Photo Flashback: Disney in the late-1930s
(click for hi-res version) This is a shot of Disney’s Hyperion studio circa the time of production on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. …
Between Bears by Eran Hilleli
The best part about Eran Hilleli’s Between Bears is the distinctive style he crafted using Maya and After Effects. The graduation short …
Don Graham’s “Composing Pictures” is Reprinted
I don’t know how this news passed me by, but Don Graham’s classic book about composition called Composing Pictures is back in print for …
NBC Peacock ID by Nathan Love
Nathan Love created this uncommonly appealing NBC station ID in collaboration with NBC ArtWorks, the on-air graphics department of the …
Animation Collective’s Larry Schwarz Sends Us Cease and Desist
Animation studio owner Larry Schwarz (pictured above in the sombrero) wasn’t pleased with our story from a couple days ago that reported …
Shirley Silvey and Mary Schuster Broggie, R.I.P.
Two important women in animation passed away recently: Shirley Silvey died on July 17 in Fresno, California. When she started …
“Scattered” by andmapsandplans
Andmapsandplans, aka Adrien Merigeau and Alan Holly, created this airy and evocative video for Jennifer Evans’s song “Scattered”. Merigau …
Think or Sink: The Flebus of Famous Studios
Usually, the posts about Famous Studios are reserved for Jerry, but just this once, I have to share a Famous short. I ran across Think or …
Animation Collective Gets Sued by Artist Over “Ellen’s Acres”
Today’s Wall Street Journal reports that Brooklyn-based animation artist Kelly Denato (above left), is suing the New York studio …
AOS and The Bathroom by Yoji Kuri
Whereas the age of a live-action film, no matter how classic, can always be discerned by the appearance of its actors, the …
Fantagraphics Announces Mickey Mouse Reprints
Big news out of San Diego: Fantagraphics announced that they will be publishing a complete run of Floyd Gottfredson’s “Mickey Mouse” …
John Callahan, RIP
Portland cartoonist John Callahan, who had been quadriplegic since the age of 21, passed away yesterday at age 59. His crude, funny …
How Animation Veteran David Weidman Became Famous
Eighty-nine years young, David Weidman is the subject of a long profile in today’s LA Times written by David Keeps. Weidman began his …
News! by Darcy Prendergast
Melbourne-based artist Darcy Prendergast, explains that his latest film, News!, was “inspired by my constant hatred for news and current …
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