Oskar Fischinger Article
Worth a read: in the latest issue of TATE ETC., the magazine of UK’s Tate museums, there is a nice appreciation of the experimental …
Amid Amidi
Korgoth of Barbaria
I don’t like to use the term “genius” a lot, but if there’s anybody working in the current industry scene who can be classified as such, …
Amid in Annecy
Just a quick note to let European folks know that I’ll be at the Annecy Animation Festival next week from June 5-10th. If you want to get …
Deitch’s Terrible Comic Strip Back in Print
This September, Fantagraphics is reprinting animation director Gene Deitch’s rarely seen mid-Fifties syndicated comic strip TERR’BLE …
Animation Blast #9 Update
There’s now an accurate contents listing for BLAST #9 posted on the newly redesigned AnimationBlast.com. Below is the wraparound cover …
CITY PARADISE
I have to admit that I didn’t quite “get” Ga”lle Denis’s film CITY PARADISE when I first saw it, but maybe that’s just me. The film, …
The Animation Information Revolution
There is a quiet revolution happening in the animation community, and it’s all thanks to the Internet. With the explosion of blogs in the …
CalArts at MoMA
“TOMORROWLAND: CalArts in Moving Pictures” is an ambitious film program (curated by Josh Siegel) that aims to document the work of …
Remixing 19th Century Engravings
Artist Caleb Johnston has taken a bunch of 19th century public domain illustrations and engravings from the Dover books, and transformed …
FLUSHED AWAY trailer
This is the trailer for Aardman’s first CG film FLUSHED AWAY.Looks like the new formula is (Aardman+CG = Aardman-charm).
PRINCESS Trailer
Here’s the TRAILER for PRINCESS, a new hand-drawn animation/live-action feature from Denmark directed by Anders Morgenthaler. The film is …
Upcoming Halas & Batchelor Book
HALAS AND BATCHELOR CARTOONS: AN ANIMATED HISTORY is a new coffeetable book coming out in August that is “part-history, part-tribute, …
More Disney Insignia
A bit of a follow-up to all the recent posts about Disney insignia from WWII (here and here). There is currently an exhibition at the …
John Lasseter Interview
This FORTUNE magazine interview with John Lasseter is a good read. The piece has the most extensive comments I’ve seen from Lasseter …
Animation Blast #9 Update
Here’s the latest on ANIMATION BLAST #9. I spoke to my Canadian printer yesterday, and he says if everything goes according to plan, …
Stylistic Evolution in Crayon Shin-chan
My favorite anime critic, Ben Ettinger, recently wrote a piece about the long-running Japanese animated series CRAYON SHIN-CHAN and how …
Cars Trailer #2
Disney has released the second full-length trailer for Pixar’s CARS. The animation looks much more appealing than earlier footage, but …
Not-Quite-Animation Books
A roundup of recent non-animation books that have caught my attention: I don’t know how Lane Smith does it, but every one of his …
Disney At War
Cartoon Brew reader Chris Olson, who sent in the fantastic ‘making of’ Pinocchio article a few weeks back, recently sent over a couple …
OLI’S CHANCE
OLI’S CHANCE is a new German short that I discovered on character designer Harald Siepermann’s blog. The film can be viewed HERE (Windows …
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