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THIS WEEKEND: Michael Sporn at MoMA
Starting today and continuing through the weekend, New Yorkers will be treated to a three-part Museum of Modern Art retrospective of the …
Amid Amidi
Eisner’s New Mouse
“Bazooka Joe is my new Mickey Mouse.” – Michael Eisner Story at USA Today, analysis at Mayerson on Animation. (via The Beat)
One (CG) Froggy Evening
Graphic design students from Brazil attempt to recreate Chuck Jones’ One Froggy Evening in CG as their finals project. You can watch the …
The District! Arrives in North America
FPS magazine reports that film distributor Atopia has acquired the North American rights to The District! (Nyocker!). The 2005 Hungarian …
“How A Sausage Dog Works” (1971) by Julian Antonisz
I recently stumbled upon the work of Polish director Julian Antonisz (1941-1987), a previously unknown (to me) master of the camera-less …
Unfiltered: The Complete Ralph Bakshi
Here’s the cover to one of next year’s must-have animation books: Unfiltered: The Complete Ralph Bakshi by Jon M. Gibson and Chris …
Animated Painting at San Diego Museum of Art
The LA Times has an in-depth profile about the new “Animated Painting” exhibit at the San Diego Museum of Art. The show, which runs …
Book Review: To Infinity and Beyond
To Infinity and Beyond!: The Story of Pixar Animation Studios (Chronicle Books, 2007) by Karen Paik is exactly the type of book you’d …
Sony PS3 Spot by Superfad
Superfad has delivered an impressive 3D spot for the Sony PS3, directed by Kevin Lau and Frank Pichel. Superfad’s animation of the …
Chowder Tonight
C.H. Greenblatt’s promising new series Chowder debuts tonight on Cartoon Network at 7:30pm. Greenblatt, whose previous experience …
Why the Four Seasons is great
DreamWorks animation artists may have to put up with Jeffrey Katzenberg, but thankfully, hotel employees don’t. The security at the Four …
Luciano Pavarotti Mo-Cap
Performance capture and opera: a match made in heaven. Quick, get Robert Zemeckis on the phone and have him follow up Beowulf with …
Happy Halloween!
If you don’t know who this animation genius is, click on the picture to find out.
Happy 95th to Ollie!
Happy birthday to animation legend Ollie Johnston who celebrates his 95th today! (Thanks, John Canemaker)
“We The Robots” by Chris Harding
Independent animator (and former syndicated cartoonist) Chris Harding (Learn Self Defense) launches a new online comic strip today called …
Non Sequitur On The Schulz Bio
Today’s Non Sequitur comic by Wiley has a nice dig on th Schulz bio. Click HERE to read the entire strip. (Thanks, Patricio)
Schulz and Melendez
With all the recent discussion about Charles Schulz, I thought it’d be fun to share this 1969 photo of Schulz pulling a ‘Lucy’ on Peanuts …
Fear(s) of the Dark
Back in February 2006, I wrote about an intriguing French animated feature Peur(s) du Noir (Fears of the Dark), which is a …
Animated Documentary About Pablo Ferro
Mark Webster of Motion Design blog offers a preview of a fascinating film which I hadn’t heard of: a full-length animated documentary …
Mary Blair Show Preview
“The Art and Flair of Mary Blair” show opens this Saturday at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco. More than fifty pieces of original …
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