Amid Amidi

The SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE has an interesting piece on a touring film program called “The Dark Side of Dr. Seuss.” The program, curated …

ColdHardFlash.com has a nice round-up of all the new and returning Flash-animated TV series that are being produced this year. There’s …

Here’s ten all-too-brief but fascinating clips of vintage Soviet animation. I particularly like the Russian version of Winnie the Pooh …

Stop motion veteran Tennessee Reid Norton has started a plog (production blog) documenting the making of his indie stopmo short RICHARD …

The legendary Oscar Grillo has started his own blog HERE. It features a terrific drawing everyday and links to classic jazz tunes. Most …

FPS (Frames Per Second), a great print animation magazine edited by Emru Townsend in the Nineties, is being published again — only this …

There are two great Birds in the world of art. One is, of course, the Brad Bird of animation. The other is the Bird of jazz – Charlie …

Daisy C. reports in on the Lisa Marie/Tim Burton garage sale (previously HERE and HERE): Just wanted to mention that my friend and I …

Sander Schwartz can kick back and relax. Somebody has already done the work for him and animated the new LOONATICS cartoon, starring that …

Chris Padilla has posted a terrific interview at AnimationTrip.com between TRON director Steven Lisberger and ROBOTS director Chris …

Tomorrow’s HOLLYWOOD REPORTER has a story that Fox/Blue Sky’s next feature following ICE AGE 2 will be an adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ HORTON …

The Tim Burton garage sale that Cartoon Brew first broke the story on, and which has subsequently spread around the Internet like …

Shane Glines gave a positive plug on Cartoon Retro to the new Chronicle book ALL WRAPPED UP: GROOVY GIFT WRAP OF THE 1960s by Kevin Akers …

There’s a thread on Animation Nation where people who knew recently departed Disney storyman Vance Gerry (1930-2005) are speaking about …

Robin Williams: “My humor fits perfectly for animation. It’s like William Shatner’s toupee. It fits just right.” Who wants to offer the …

Wow, I’ve finally made Liz Smith’s legendary entertainment gossip column. No, not for my many torrid love affairs with various Hollywood …

The judging nights for the ASIFA-East Animation Festival are a great opportunity to see animation that’s currently being produced in New …

Koji Yamamura, director of the surreal Oscar-nominated short MT. HEAD from a few years back, has finished a new 13-minute short called …

I got a good chuckle out of this one: the “New Iraqi Flag” courtesy of Iranian graphic designer Reza Alavi, awarded first prize at the …

Seemingly Warner Bros. TV Animation is engaged in some sort of competition with itself to see what’s the crassest, most incompetent piece …