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How To Make An Animated Feature
You won’t find a funnier commentary about the pathetic creative state of American animated features than this short called OUTSIDE THE …
Amid Amidi
More Kaj Pindal
Following our mix-up about Kaj Pindal, we received an email from Michael Carter, Pindal’s producer and partner on the new animated series …
Restoring Santa and Rudolph
The boys and girls at one of my favorite stop-motion studios, Screen Novelties, were recently assigned an unlikely task: restoring the …
BILL AND SUE KROYER’S ARROW
Right after the production of FERNGULLY: THE LAST RAINFOREST (1992), Bill and Sue Kroyer attempted to produce a noir-ish action-adventure …
Zagreb Film
What happens when a bunch of young animation artists are given their own animation studio and assigned to create hundreds of animated …
Call for Help: Warner Bros. Cartoon History
French animation history Didier Ghez, publisher of the indispensable WALT’S PEOPLE interview series, has started working on a new book …
Kaj Pindal Alive and Well
photo by Fatkat Animation Studios Earlier today, I ran an item about Kaj Pindal’s passing, but as many have emailed, he is, in fact, …
REMEMBERING JOSEPH BARBERA (1911-2006)
Caricature by Patrick Owsley This post will be continually updated with stories and remembrances about Joseph Barbera (1911-2006). …
Santa Now A “Disney Character”
The BBC reports that at DisneyWorld in Florida, park officials told a man that he would have to leave the park if he didn’t stop looking …
Chris Sanders No Longer Directing American Dog
The Internet started buzzing last Thursday when the blog Newlywed in Dubai reported that Chris Sanders (LILO AND STITCH) had been “fired” …
GREAT TV ANIMATION: MINUSCULE
I wrote about the charming pilot for the TV series MINUSCULE back in September. MINUSCULE is a new CG series from France created by …
Happy Holidays from Framestore CFC
This is a nicely designed Flash holiday greeting from the British cg/vfx house Framestore CFC. Plus, at the end of the piece you can help …
Ray Harryhausen Creatures
A four-and-a-half-minute compilation of every Ray Harryhausen creature in feature films, presented in chronological order. Pure 3D …
Jerry Beck Interview
ASIFA-East president David Levy has an interesting interview with fellow Brewer Jerry Beck in this month’s ASIFA-East newsletter. I …
Mad Scientist Friday
Can you guess who the scientist on the left is? Steven MacLeod has the answer on his blog, and it may surprise you.
Stefan Bucher’s Daily Monster
This has nothing to do with animation but it’s a delightful character design project worth noting. Last month, LA-based graphic designer …
Animation’s Holy Grails
Atlanta animation director Ward Jenkins has posed an excellent question to his blog readers: “What would you consider The Holy Grail of …
When Frank Lloyd Wright Met Disney
In my book CARTOON MODERN, I mention briefly the story of what happened when legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright visited the Disney …
Lasse Gjertsen
It’s a full-time job trying to keep track of all the emerging animation stars of the online world. One of the newest hit-creators is …
The Importance of Sympathy
Mark Mayerson has posted a terrific analysis on his blog of the different ways that sympathy can be created for animated characters. He …
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