Cartoon Network’s Death Knell Promo
Your name is Cartoon Network, so you expect to see nothing but animation when you flip CN on your TV. But the times they are …
Amid Amidi
Michael Jackson, RIP
I didn’t expect to be using this picture in such a sad context, but here is a photo of Michael Jackson visiting with Ward and Betty …
The Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius of Comics
The Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius of Comics by Denis Kitchen and Paul Buhle easily ranks among my favorite cartoon/comic-related …
Tucky Tales
Tucky Tales is a simple but inventive example of digital “cut-out” animation. The pre-school series for Baby TV was created by Israeli …
WALL·E End Credits
The Art of the Title Sequence interviews director Jim Capobianco and animator Alex Woo about the thoughtful end credit sequence of …
Kid Complains About Live-Action on Cartoon Network
This young girl appears to be more qualified to run Cartoon Network than any of the clueless execs in charge right now.
J.J. Sedelmaier and Seymour Chwast Create The Nose
Director J.J. Sedelmaier hooked up with design/illustration icon Seymour Chwast to create an online issue of Chwast’s publication The …
LONDON: An Evening with Ian Emes
Awesome event coming up in London next Thursday, June 25: a retrospective of the work of British animation director Ian Emes, who created …
Balaam’s Ass
Catholic school would have been so much more fun if religious lessons had been delivered via CG animation, like this film about Balaam’s …
Spongebob Squarepants Designs by Robert Ryan Cory
These Spongebob character expression and pose designs by Robert Ryan Cory raise TV animation to the level of art. The creativity and …
Annecy 09 Snapshots
Waiting at the Geneva Airport for my flight back to New York and thought I’d share pics of a few of the fine animation folk I hung out …
Annecy 2009 Winners
The 2009 Annecy International Animation Festival wrapped up a few hours ago in Annecy, France. Here is the link to the complete list of …
Vancouver Opera “Contest”
Hardly a week passes without news of another exploitative animation “contest.” Sadly, this time it’s an arts organization–the Vancouver …
“The Parachute Ending” by Will Sweeney and Steve Scott
Your favorite animated music video for the next five minutes: Birdy Nam Nam’s “The Parachute Ending” directed by Steve Scott and …
Cartoon Innovators
A tongue-in-cheek documentary about the racist origins of the WB cartoon characters, Cartoon Innovators is a short by Hammerkatz, a …
The Blog Post You Thought You’d Never See
In all the years of reading animation blogs, I don’t think I’ve ever seen an artist post a tribute to an animation exec. This is a first. …
Cartoon Brew TV: The Terrible Thing of Alpha-9!
When I saw this short last month at the student film screening for the School of Visual Arts, I instantly knew it was something that we …
What’s Up: Balloon to the Rescue!
I haven’t seen UP yet, mostly owing to the fact that there aren’t any local theaters showing it in a regular non-eye pain inducing …
Monster Safari Heads to the Bigscreen
Awesome news from The Hollywood Reporter: Monster Safari, a project created by the boys at LA-based Screen Novelties–Mark Caballero, …
Tim Burton at MoMA
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in NY is putting on a major retrospective about Tim Burton’s career this fall. It will run from November …
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