Amid Amidi

OK, haven’t done this in a while… Yoshi Tamura worked at Disney Paris and was the supervising animator of the Helga Sinclair character …

“I will fully be on record saying I hate CG. I don’t get emotionally invested in video games and likewise I can’t get emotionally …

Check out the opening titles for the live-action film KISS KISS BANG BANG HERE. It was directed by Danny Yount. Reminds me a bit of the …

It was announced earlier this week that Film Roman will be producing a hand-drawn HELLBOY direct-to-DVD feature and TV series. The show’s …

Meet my favorite new artist…Deanna Marsigliese. No explanation necessary.

Finally, something to explain the popularity of Hello Kitty. An article in the NEW SCIENTIST says the results of a brain scan study have …

Katie Rice reveals on her blog Funny Cute that John Kricfalusi is directing a music video for one of Weird Al Yankovic’s new songs. I …

South Africa recently released its first live-action teen comedy STRAIGHT OUTTA BENONI, and the opening and end credits were both …

Jamiroquai’s first-ever animated music video is an old-school tribute to Osvaldo Cavandoli’s LA LINEA mixed up with mo-cap CGI. The video …

The ever-innovative Michel Gagné has posted the twelve INSANELY TWISTED SHADOW PUPPETS interstitials and bumpers that he created …

Canadian cartoonist German Shible offers an eloquent visual response to TV critic Robert Lloyd’s clueless piece in the LA TIMES. German …

Today I’m launching a new blog, Cartoon Modern, dedicated solely to 1950s animation design. It is a supplement to my forthcoming book of …

Jaime Weinman has posted some thoughtful insights on the Bugs Bunny films of Bob McKimson, and specifically REBEL RABBIT (1949), which is …

There was an article by TV critic Robert Lloyd in last Sunday’s LA TIMES about the upcoming BOONDOCKS animated series on Cartoon Network, …

SLANT MAGAZINE’s review of CHICKEN LITTLE begins: A better name for Chicken Little might have been My First Spielberg Movie given how …

What better way to document a film festival than to make a film about it? That’s exactly what Rita Street’s friend, Gayle Ellett, did to …

Here’s a page of wonderful and inspiring caricatures by master Disney story artist Bill Peet (1915-2002). Peet re-imagined many of his …

Great music video HERE by French comic artist Ronald Grandpey, created for the group Experience. Very raw quality to it, simple black ink …

Six animators at Pixar have banded together to start a (well titled) blog named Spline Doctors. Besides animating, all these guys teach …