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HOLIDAY GIVEAWAY: A Sketchy Past: The Art of Peter de Sève
GIVEAWAY IS OVER. CONGRATS TO OUR TWO WINNERS, HANNAH NOVOTNY AND HOYUN RHEE. We’re giving away two copies of A Sketchy Past: The Art …
Amid Amidi
Craigslist Job Offer of the Day
Are you a 2D animator? Today’s your lucky day! Somebody on Craigslist wants to hire you for a “very special project.” All they need you …
Chronicle Books Sales Ends Wednesday
Need to do some holiday book shopping? My pals at Chronicle Books are having their annual Friends and Family Holiday Sale. Through …
Sesame Street Retrospective in Brooklyn
This weekend in Brooklyn, BAMcinématek (30 Lafayette Avenue) is presenting “Sesame Street: A Celebration!,” a series of screenings …
Chuck Jones: The Masters Series DVD
In 1990, Chuck Jones sat down with animation director Jeff DeGrandis to discuss the art of drawing and character development. On February …
Interview: Chris Dainty and Super Star Tap
As the iPhone user base continues to expand, smaller animation studios and indie animators are discovering a promising new distribution …
Poezenklaas! by Victoria Cook
Sing along: Hey Poezenklaas you are the best With your Poezen paws and your big red vest Gotta big kitty face and a big big …
Mayor Accuses Obama of Blocking Charlie Brown X-Mas Cartoon
Russell Wiseman, the mayor of Arlington, Tennessee, is fuming because he believes that Obama deliberately timed his speech about the war …
Don Bluth’s Dragon’s Lair Coming to iPhone
EA is porting Don Bluth’s classic arcade game Dragon’s Lair onto iPhone and iPod Touch. Release date is listed on EA’s webisite as …
Toon Funeral Home
Illustrator Joe Fournier spotted this worrisome sign in Illinois. [Insert your Cartoon Network jokes here.]
TONIGHT: Pixar Shorts on ABC Family
Tonight on ABC Family, a two-hour presentation of almost all of the Pixar shorts produced to date. It’s the first time that most of the …
Chinese CGI Reconstruction of Tiger Woods Crash
Every news organizations has reported the Tiger Woods car crash by now, but only the Chinese have recreated the event with glorious CGI …
Don Bluth and the Importance of Knowing Your Animation Heritage
Jeremy Hopkins attended the CTN Expo a couple weeks ago, and he’s posting videos from the event on his website XSheet.net. He currently …
A Year with Three Stop-Motion Oscar Noms?
After I did this interview with Canada’s National Post about trends in feature animation, I got to thinking about whether there might be …
Idiots at the Helm
Fox has announced that they are developing a primetime animated series with actor Matthew McConaughey based on his brother’s life. The …
Thanksgiving Weekend Box Office Report
An impressive three animated films reached the top ten at the North American box office last weekend. Robert Zemeckis’s A Christmas Carol …
Chuck Jones’s Influence in Disney’s Latest Pic
Oswald Iten has a sweet and short observation on his blog Colorful Animation Expressions about how Eric Goldberg is incorporating a bit …
What Animation Can Learn from a Restaurant Owner
This business case study of Ferran Adrià ‘s restaurant elBulli restaurant has nothing to do on the surface with cartoons, yet the …
Not So Mighty
A Brew reader reports that Erik Wiese, the co-creator of Mighty B, hinted on his Facebook today that Nick has cancelled the show. Wiese …
Quote of the Week: Tom Rothman
From the November 2 issue of The New Yorker: “The trick is, from the business side, to try to be fiscally responsible so you can be …
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