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Iron Giant on the Bigscreen
The Iron Giant on the bigscreen for two days next month–June 7 and 8. The screenings will take place at the Cerrito Speakeasy Theater. …
Amid Amidi
Fantasmagorie 2008
Fantasmagorie, a new CG remake has been produced called Fantasmagorie 2008. The film is the brainchild of Rastko Ciric, a professor at …
Shigeru Miyamoto Profile in NY Times
Better late than never: this weekend’s NY Times offers a profile of Shigeru Miyamoto, the prolific Nintendo game designer responsible for …
Nina Paley Talks Sita
A terrific interview in Film & Video with filmmaker Nina Paley, who completed a full-length animated feature by herself…on a Mac…for …
The Very First Desire Now and Forever
Sometimes the funniest pieces of animation are also the shortest. This (slightly NSFW) short by indie animator Signe Baumane packs a real …
Dumm Comics Roundtable
As written up on the Brew yesterday, Dumm Comics is a new daily comic site launched by some of the today’s top talents working in TV …
One Big Happy Animation Blogosphere
In light of some amusing controversy over a recent entry, I thought it would be an appropriate time to point towards this blog post, …
Dumm Comics Have Arrived
Skadi by Katie Rice and Luke Cormican Beautifully drawn cartoony comics are now available on a daily basis at Dumm Comics. The site …
Electronica Alice
“Alice” is an electronic piece of music by a young South African artist named Nick Bertke. He explains that “90% is composed using sounds …
Morcheeba Video by Joel Trussell
Joel Trussell has directed a second video for the English band Morcheeba, based on their single “Gained the World.” Animation leaves a …
Plympton’s Latest Feature Idiots and Angels
Critics are beginning to weigh in on Bill Plympton’s latest feature Idiots and Angels, which is now playing around the festival circuit. …
Shocker of the Day
In this article Jeffrey Katzenberg talks about how little he knows about animation, which shouldn’t exactly come as news to anybody who’s …
Hanuka Brothers Art for Waltz with Bashir
A quick update about last week’s story about the new Israeli animated feature Waltz with Bashir. The Hanuka brothers–Asaf and …
Three Interviews
Links to a few nice creator interviews I’ve recently run across: Wired offers a nice interview with Nina Paley in which she discusses …
Duct Tape Animation
Duct tape + empty wall + 24 hours = Interesting animation experiment. (Thanks, Karl Cohen)
Making Sense of Speed Racer‘s Failure
Joe Morgenstern of the Wall Street Journal attempts to make sense of the spectacular box office failure of Speed Racer, which raced to …
Waltz with Bashir, An Animated War Documentary
While DreamWorks debuted its umpteenth cookie-cutter ‘hip’ animal comedy, Kung Fu Panda, at the Cannes Film Festival this past week, it’s …
Upcoming Chronicle Books
I received the Fall/Winter 2008 Chronicle Books catalog yesterday, and there are a few animation-related books that should be of interest …
Wall-E Builders
Talk about dedicated cartoon buffs. There’s a group of Pixar fanatics who are spending months building their own life-size replicas of …
Chomet’s Illusionist footage to debut at Cannes
(click for full-size image) The Hollywood Reporter notes that the first footage from Sylvain Chomet’s The Illusionist will debut this …
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