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MONDAY MORNING INSPIRATION: Sam Cobean
Chuck Jones once said in an interview that when he wanted to draw believable human characters, he would pattern his drawing after Sam …
Amid Amidi
How Much Will That Film Make?
Animation Guild president Kevin Koch has written a fascinating post on the Guild blog about how to predict an animated film’s final box …
Spongebob in Beirut
Question: What does a Lebanese cartoonist do while he’s dodging bombs being dropped on him in Beirut? Answer: He watches SPONGEBOB and …
A (12-Year-Old) Bob Clampett Caaar-tooon!
In the 1920s, some kids around the Los Angeles area contributed drawings and stories to “The Junior Times” which was an insert of the LA …
SDCC: Animation Blast 9
Ok folks, the news that everybody’s been waiting for! ANIMATON BLAST #9 will debut in San Diego this week!!! It’s been a long four years …
SDCC: Animation Booths
Clay Kaytis of the Animation Podcast has compiled a nice round-up of animation-related booths at the Con. Among other things, he notes …
SDCC: Flight Comics
Kazu Kibuishi deserves a lot of praise for what he’s done with the FLIGHT graphic anthologies. He’s managed to bring together a lot of …
SDCC: Enrico Casarosa’s Sketchcrawlings
Sketchcrawl founder and Pixar story artist Enrico Casarosa is debuting the second volume of SKETCHCRAWLINGS in San Diego. The book is a …
SDCC: Maverix Studios
Maverix Studios is a San Francisco-based collective of animation and comic artists. They’ll be exhibiting in San Diego this year at booth …
SDCC: Shopping Lists
Animation artists Jamie Baker and Ronnie del Carmen offer you their personal shopping lists for this year’s Comic-Con. Anybody else with …
SDCC: John Kricfalusi
I first met John K in San Diego eleven years ago so it’s only fitting to mention that John will be in attendance at this year’s …
LA TIMES on MONSTER HOUSE
It’s hardly an everday occurrence that an unknown twenty-something walks into a major studio and is assigned to direct a big-budget …
SDCC: Scott Morse
Pixar story artist Scott Morse wins the award for the widest variety of wares being sold by one artist. This year he’s offering …
25 minutes of Richard Williams spots
Garrett Gilchrist, the chap responsible for the recent THIEF AND THE COBBLER re-edit, has YouTube’d nearly half an hour of classic …
SDCC: Cartoon Modern
My book CARTOON MODERN: STYLE AND DESIGN IN FIFTIES ANIMATION will be making its official debut in San Diego this week. These are the …
Notes on Monster House
Artist Chris Appelhans has posted some superb concept art that he created for the upcoming MONSTER HOUSE. If the finished “performance …
SDCC: Out of Picture
My first exposure to the talented artists at Blue Sky Studios was a couple years back when I wrote the ART OF ROBOTS book. The general …
SDCC: Illustrated Guide to Comic-Con Attendees
Storyboard artist ‘Skribbl’ has a hilarious illustrated guide to the various types of oddballs that attend San Diego Comic-Con. Scroll …
Shady Characters in New York City
“Shady Characters” is an art show that opens Friday, July 28th, at the ‘Live with Animals’ Gallery (210 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211; …
More on Cartoons and Copyright
A bit of a followup to last week’s post “Cartoons, Copyright and YouTube”. Emru Townsend at fps magazine linked to this excellent article …
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