Illustration

Monday Morning Inspiration

Beautiful cartoon covers from 1930s Vanity Fair. Courtesy of illustrator Stephen Kroninger whose blog is filled with inspiring cartoon …

Books

Nico Marlet’s Sketchbook

Ace character designer Nico Marlet (Kung Fu Panda, How To Train Your Dragon) has published a collection of his sketches. As of now, the …

Anime

Male (1962) by Osamu Tezuka

An odd rarity by Astro Boy creator Osamu Tezuka that probably works best in a dark theater. It’s available with twelve of his other …

Animators

Michael Pataki (1938-2010)

Veteran actor Michael Pataki passed away on April 15. The cause of death was cancer. Variety has his obituary. In addition to hundreds of …

Business

Pixar Canada is Open For Business

Pixar’s new studio in Vancouver, Canada officially opened its doors earlier today. According to this article, the studio will begin …

Flash

The Smile and Penny Show

Here’s the opening to The Smile and Penny Show, a web series created by Hobo Divine. His collaborator on the project is Mike Geiger. …

Cartoon Culture

Mickey Cake Disasters

A collection of endearingly malformed Mickey Mouse cakes can be found at Cake Wrecks. I had a tough time deciding which Mickey cake to …

Shorts

Animation Tag Attack

Animation Tag Attack is an ‘exquisite corpse’ animated short being made by artists from around the globe. Thus far, artists from Denmark, …

Feature Film

Dragon Tops Box Office Again

Big surprise at the box office this weekend as DreamWorks’ How To Train Your Dragon reclaimed the number one spot in its fourth week of …

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