Mickey Like You’ve Never Seen
Check out this sweet animation for a proposed videogame called Neo-Mickey. Apparently the project isn’t going forward at the moment which …
Amid Amidi
1960 US Navy spot by Bobe Cannon
After Robert “Bobe” Cannon (the genius director of Gerald McBoing Boing) left UPA around 1958, he began to do a lot of commercial …
Lee Lennox’s “Girl and the Sea”
The Presets’ “Girl and the Sea” is an incredibly lovely mixed-media music video directed by Lee Lennox. It’s not a new …
How William Shatner Deals With Producers/Execs
This hilarious MP3 clip from the Howard Stern Show features an excerpt from a commercial recording session by William Shatner. Listen to …
Three Trees Make a Forest Contest
Ok, as promised in the post about the book last Friday, we’re giving away two copies of the book Three Trees Make a Forest, courtesy of …
Tehran International Animation Festival
The 5th Tehran International Animation Festival (English website) kicked off yesterday in Iran and continues through March 1. It’s a …
Monday Morning Reading
Just a few interesting bits I’ve run across recently: Perhaps the best tribute I’ve read to Ryan Larkin is this piece by animation …
Understanding The Mind Of a Development Exec
There’s an interview with Nickelodeon development exec Peter Gal in the new issue of Animation Magazine and I’d been debating about …
Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life
Man, I can’t wait for this one! Ammo Books is getting ready to release what could become one of the must-have books of recent times: a …
Three Trees Make a Forest
In fall 2005, two story artists at Pixar—Ronnie del Carmen and Enrico Casarosa—joined forces with Japanese …
The Angriest Animation Blogger
I’m often critical of the contemporary animation industry, but my criticisms are nothing compared to this new blog called Anibation …
Mickey Styled
Here’s Mickey Mouse as you’ve never seen him before. The 1955 Disney-produced Nash car commercial posted below is as modern as the mouse …
Chris Ishii’s Lil’ Neebo
I was bummed when animation artist Chris Ishii passed away in 2001 because I’d had his phone number on my desktop for quite a while and …
Simpsons Movie Trailer #3
The third trailer for The Simpsons Movie has been released, this time with lots more animation from the film. Watch it here. (Thank, …
The Wizzard of Krudd
The Wizzard of Krudd is a Nick pilot created last year by Greg Miller (Whatever Happened To Robot Jones?) and Mike Stern. Nick recently …
How To Become An Animation Executive
It turns out that John Kricfalusi isn’t the only TV animation creator who is vocal about his dislike of contemporary animation execs. …
PES Spot for Sneaux
I’m still waiting for PES to produce a piece of animation that disappoints me. Hasn’t happened yet. PES has the uncanny ability to take …
Ryan Larkin (1943-2007)
Canadian animation legend Ryan Larkin passed away on February 14 from brain cancer. Larkin directed and animated the 1969 Oscar-nominated …
Brad Bird Podcast Interview
Pixar animators Adam Burke and Andrew Gordon of the Spline Doctors blog have posted a terrific 53-minute podcast interview with Brad …
How To Be A Cartoon Director
Kevin Langley found this vintage clip online in which Walter Lantz describes the duties of a cartoon director at his studio. It’s nice to …
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