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Drew Carey’s Green Screen
DREW CAREY’S GREEN SCREEN, a new series on the fall WB Network schedule, is essentially WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? with animation added …
Amid Amidi
Project Backpocket
I like the concept for Project Backpocket, in which eight Vinton Studios interns are given nine weeks to produce a short animated film …
Around the Web
* A couple fine San Diego Comic-Con reports by Ronnie del Carmen and Scott Shaw!. * It’s been a while since we’ve mentioned his name …
Hobbies for the Unemployed
Nobody should have this much free time to play with Legos.
Boondocks on Cartoon Net
After Fox passed on the BOONDOCKS pilot, it became unclear which channel would pick up the show. The HOLLYWOOD REPORTER confirms that the …
Len Glasser Retrospective on Saturday
Just a reminder that this Saturday afternoon I’ll be hosting a retrospective of Leonard Glasser’s animated films at the American Film …
Dirt Cheap Clampett
The BEANY AND CECIL SPECIAL EDITION DVD from a few years back is selling for the ridiculously low price of $3.99 on Amazon. No Clampett …
Popeye Restored
Less than a month ago I saw the two-reel Fleischer cartoon POPEYE THE SAILOR MEETS SINDBAD THE SAILOR (1936) for the first time. I didn’t …
FURSHGLURK! GLIKA-GLIKA!!!
Here’s a couple fanboy-ish projects which are commendable for their attention to detail and thoroughness. The Guide to Springfield USA is …
CARTOON GAIETY
At the San Diego Comic-Con last week, Matt Groening revealed that in an upcoming SIMPSONS episode, one of the characters will come out of …
Doubling My Collection
I’ve only bought one DVD so far. REN & STIMPY: THE COMPLETE FIRST AND SECOND SEASONS will be my second purchase.
Blogging Barrier
Mike Barrier has announced that he’s starting a regularly updated blog on his website MichaelBarrier.com. I’m looking forward to reading …
Animators Up Late
While cartoonist-types don’t often appear on late-night talkshows, this evening’s THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO will feature an …
Bill Plympton Speaks
This is a great INTERVIEW with Bill Plympton where he talks about his latest films – HAIR HIGH and GUARD DOG, as well as numerous other …
Poster Post
It’s a shame they don’t make movie posters like THESE or THESE for animated shorts nowadays. Oh, I forgot, they also don’t make shorts …
Did Aardman Get the Memo?
While USA TODAY is often criticized for being written at a fifth-grade reading level, the intelligence of its reporters is apparently at …
Down the 5 to SD
I’m off to San Diego this morning. I’ll have my Apple Powerbook in tow so I may end up doing a photo-blog from the convention. Then …
Pes-tastic
Genius or stupidity? That’s what was going through my mind when I saw Pes’ film ROOF SEX last month, which you can see online HERE. Now …
Pablo Ferro’s Dynamite Titles
I mentioned Saul Bass here yesterday and if there’s another film title designer who can hold his own against Bass it’s Pablo Ferro. He is …
Swedish Eye Candy
Stockholm’s freshest animation studio Filmtecknarna has created one of the most excellent music videos I’ve seen in a long while – “Take …
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