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THE SUCCESS OF KIWI!
What’s the most popular piece of animation on the Internet right now? How about KIWI!, a Master’s thesis film by Dony Permedi of School …
Amid Amidi
ANIMATION IN PRINT
One of the unlikeliest sources for quality animation writing nowadays is PRINT MAGAZINE. Their September/October issue had two smart …
TV Commercial Roundup
Here’s a few recent animated TV spots that have caught my attention: Orange “Kids” – “Spot 1” | “Spot 2”: These spots for European …
ESURANCE SPOTS CONFUSING?
The Esurance animated commercials – produced by Ghostbot and Wild Brain – look great, but are they good at selling car insurance? Ad …
HAPPY FEET IS NOW STOP MOTION
This sentence in the Associated Press review of HAPPY FEET should raise a few eyebrows: “So the goodhearted Mumble is nonetheless a total …
ANIMATORS ON TALK SHOWS
Check out this stomach-churning talk show appearance by Dave Jeser and Matt Silverstein, creators of Comedy Central’s animated series …
NEW SIMPSONS MOVIE TRAILER
The new SIMPSONS MOVIE trailer premiered last night on Fox during a new episode of the TV series. Watch it HERE. With all the recent …
Predicting the Oscars
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER published a couple pieces recently about ’06 Oscar predictions for animated features and animated shorts. Jerry …
Interviews With Indie Filmmakers
Directors Notes is a weekly audio podcast that interviews indie filmmakers who create short films, docs, music videos, art films, etc. …
NICE PUNKIN’ PUSS AND MUSHMOUSE BG
There’s not a whole lot to recommend about the 1964 Hanna-Barbera cartoon PUNKIN’ PUSS AND MUSHMOUSE, but this background pan that Brew …
MEGAN BRAIN’S PAPER SCULPTURES
For most artists, paper is an expendable material that one creates their art on, but Megan Brain’s paper sculptures show that the paper …
BEE MOVIE TRAILER
USA TODAY has an article in which Jerry Seinfeld discusses why he decided to make a live-action trailer for DreamWorks’s next CG feature …
FOUR-LETTER FILM
This Friday, November 10, marks the opening of F*CK: A DOCUMENTARY, which examines the origin and uses of a certain word. Besides …
John Korty’s Brock & Throck
It’s Election Day here in the US so it’s only fitting to mention a new politically-oriented Flash Webcartoon. The series, BROCK & THROCK …
CARTOON NETWORK’S RE-ANIMATED
Yesterday, Cartoon Network released the trailer for their first original live-action production RE-ANIMATED. We’ve already discussed this …
The Less You Know…
Below is an excerpt from an ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE article about the new Cartoon Network series CLASS OF 3000. In it, the show’s …
BOOK REVIEW: I AM PLASTIC
The new book I AM PLASTIC: THE DESIGNER TOY EXPLOSION, by Kidrobot founder Paul Budnitz, is a handsomely designed and fun-to-flip-through …
Sketchtravel
Sketchtravel is an exciting new project initiated by Dice Tsutsumi (of Blue Sky fame) and French animation artist Gérald Guerlais. The …
Bill Wray’s New Cartoon Blog
Animation background painter Bill Wray decided to go legit a while back and become the fine artist William Wray, but thankfully for us, …
Evan Spiridellis Talks About Being Independent
JibJab co-founder Evan Spiridellis gave an inspiring talk at the Ottawa International Animation Festival last September titled “A Brave …
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