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POwerpuff Girls Z

From the “Isn’t This Incestuous Dep’t.”: At the recent Tokyo Animation Fair, Toei Animation, Aniplex and Cartoon Network announced a new …

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Leon by Grillo

Oscar Grillo sent in this recent drawing he did of Leon Schlesinger (click for larger image):

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Animation’s greatest executives

It’s time for my monthly “things could-be-so-much-better” post. When I complain about the state of the industry, friends frequently tell …

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Seth MacFarlane Speaks

There’s a first time for everything, and I believe this is the first time I’ve ever agreed with something FAMILY GUY creator Seth …

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Hey Look!

Harvey Kurtzman is among a handful of cartoonists who can be labeled a true genius, and just one example of his genius can be found in …

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Burton’s Frankenweenie in CG

Here’s one from the Disney rumor mill. I recently heard that Disney is developing a CG-animated version of Tim Burton’s 1984 live-action …

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Ace in the Hole

Whoever said corporations don’t listen to their customers? Cartoon Brew has found out that following the embarassing debut of LOONATICS, …

Ward Kimball

Kimball Paints Oreb

After the recent post about Ward Kimball paintings, somebody emailed to ask whether I had a color version of Kimball’s painting of Disney …

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Book Review: the ARt of robots

The only thing I enjoy more than plugging the work of animation artists is plugging my own work, so with that in mind, let me direct you …

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Thorsten Hasenkamm

Thorsten Hasenkamm is an illustrator/painter working out of Germany who is influenced by all facets of pop culture: lucha, tiki, 60s-mod, …

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John Hubley’s Navy Films

After posts about Flora, Blair and Kimball, how could I resist posting about another cartoon design genius, John Hubley (1914-1977), the …

Ward Kimball

Ward Kimball, Painter

Here are a couple beautiful paintings by one of Disney’s Nine Old Men, Ward Kimball (1914-2002). He was, of course, a genius animator and …

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studio soi

This year’s edition of THE ANIMATION SHOW has a great opening sequence produced by a new German animation collective called studio soi. …

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Plympton’s Hollywood Schmooze

Bill Plympton, who was nominated for an Oscar this year for his short film GUARD DOG, writes about his experiences in LA during Oscar …

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