Classic

Logophobia

A few years ago I was discussing childhood fears with a couple friends. One of the fears, which I did not share, was that of animated …

Cartoon Culture

Popeye Google

December 8th is the 105th birthday of Elzie Segar, creator of the Thimble Theatre comic strip and Popeye the Sailor. Google is …

Cartoon Culture

Simpsons Stained Glass

The Simpsons have been on everything, from fruit snacks to Playboy magazine. So why not stained glass? Just in time for the holidays, …

Classic

Lost Bosko title card?

I’d never seen this before. Oh I’d seen the cartoon, but not this title card. Mike Kazaleh found a recent upload of a rare 2-color …

Comics

The Sunday Funnies 12/6/09

Our weekly roundup of classic animation references in comic strips and editorial cartoons. This week we have two relating the White House …

Anime

The TV Show

I absolutely love this music video from director Sugimoto Kousuke: (Thanks, Carlo Guillot)

Books

More Magoo Book Signings

Animator and now author Darrell Van Citters will appear at events in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Portland to celebrate and sign his …

Animators

Travisty’s Beard

Say what you will about Shrek, Bee Movie or Shark Tale, the artists at Dreamworks (north and south) themselves are terrific. Now comes …

Shorts

The Waif of Persephone by Nick Cross

Nick Cross finally put his 2007 short, The Waif of Persephone, online. We highly recommend supporting the filmmaker by purchasing the DVD …

Feature Film

DiCaprio as Jack Frost

DreamWorks announced today that Leonardo DiCaprio will make his animated feature film debut when he heads the cast of The Guardians. …

Animators

Meet Dilworth!

The Oscar nominated animator and creator of Cartoon Network’s Courage the Cowardly Dog will present the best of his films and other …

TV

Tele-tactics

Back around 1975-1977 there was a 3rd-rate non-union animation studio in New York that many of my friends worked for. It was called …

Events

Annie Award Nominees 2009

ASIFA-Hollywood announced its nominees for the 2009 Annie Awards this morning. For Best Animated Feature, Sony’s Cloudy With a Chance …

Comics

The Sunday Funnies 11/29/09

This week’s round-up of animation-related comic strip gags: Mark Tatulli’s Lio from Friday Nov. 27th. Mike Peter’s Mother Goose …

Stop Motion

Stop Motion Matinee

For those enjoying Fantastic Mr. Fox and all others who might want to catch up on the history of stop-motion animation, I’m happy to …

Stop Motion

Bunin’s Alice

It’s becoming an annual tradition in Los Angeles – just as last year, the Cinefamily/Silent Movie Theatre on Fairfax Ave. is running the …

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