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The World Loves Animation
This past weekend, three out of the top four movies at the North American box office – THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE, THE INCREDIBLES, …
Amid Amidi
Green Screen No More?
Boy that was fast. DREW CAREY’S GREEN SCREEN SHOW, the Ron Diamond-produced TV series that mixed live-action improv with animation, is …
Design and the INcredibles
Jessica Helfand weighs in on THE INCREDIBLES at DesignObserver.com. The piece examines Bird’s movie from a designer’s viewpoint. It’s a …
Defending the McCay
Larry Loc, a Winsor McCay Award committee member and one of ASIFA-Hollywood’s hardest working board members, has written a defense of …
Quote of the Day
“There is a contingent of the digital-effects community to whom that is the holy grail – to create photographically real humans. To me …
Misplaced Honor
ASIFA-Hollywood has announced the three recipients for this year’s Winsor McCay Lifetime Achievement Award and they are Don Bluth, …
Stalled Car?
The trailer for Pixar’s CARS is honestly one of the most perplexing pieces of animation I’ve seen in a long time. After the magnificent …
NY DISPATCH #3
I’m back from NY. The last week of the trip was unbelievably nuts, including a final stretch of 36 hours without sleep. Upon arrival in …
Pictoplasma Review
Here’s an in-depth REPORT by Michael Fuchs about the 1st Pictoplasma Conference On Contemporary Character Design & Art which took place …
An Expensive Lesson in Animation
I can’t think of anything sweeter than watching Zemeckis and Hanks fall flat on their faces with the absolutely pathetic opening of POLAR …
Evian’s Waterboy
Harald Siepermann points out an interesting European commercial recently created for Evian called “Waterboy.” The simple, yet effective, …
The Return of Stevie and Zoya
Here’s something exciting. Joe Horne is producing new Flash episodes of THE ADVENTURES OF STEVIE & ZOYA. It seems only appropriate to …
NY Dispatch #2
The New York trip continues at breakneck pace. In fact, there’s so much left to do that I’ve extended my stay in NY for another week. …
NY Dispatch #1
This past week I’ve been hanging around New York City on a business trip of sorts, though admittedly, business in my case is fairly …
Animator Blogging
One of the most exciting developments in the on-line animation world as of late is the emergence of animation artist blogs. These have …
Seonna Hong Show
BG painter Seonna Hong (MY LIFE AS A TEENAGE ROBOT, TEACHER’S PET) gets some love from the NY TIMES for her solo show “Animus,” currently …
Election Wrap-Up
MUCHA LUCHA creators Eddie Mort and Lili Chin offer this message on their fwak! blog – “TO OUR US FRIENDS: Remember… the answer to …
Pictoplasma Conference Report
The 1st Pictoplasma Conference On Contemporary Character Design & Art (my previous comments HERE) took place in Berlin, Germany from Oct. …
“This Fire” Music Video
The latest Franz Ferdinand music video “This Fire” is just as cool as the group’s last animated effort “Take Me Out.” I initially thought …
Every Cartoonist Counts
Two and a half hours. That’s how long it took me to cast an early vote on Friday afternoon. Let’s put it this way: the wait was so long …
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