Cartoon Carnival
Shokus Internet Radio, where I occasionally appear on Stu’s Show (my next appearence there is scheduled for November 11th), now has a new …
Jerry Beck
Animation Editing at the Academy
Next week, as part of it’s Perspectives on Editing series, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is hosting a seminar on …
Pasta For War
Pasta for War is a “1930s war propaganda film made to seduce naive rigatoni to join the fight against being eaten”. Dirtected by Zach …
Annie Awards ’09: Call for Entries
ASIFA-Hollywood has announced its Call for Entries for this year’s 37th Annual Annie Awards. Annie Awards will be presented in 25 …
Producing Parker
It was bound to happen. Canadian TV execs greenlight a cartoon about… TV Execs! Created by Kevin Gillis (Atomic Betty) and Laura …
Tuesday: Cartoon Dump / Friday: Fleischer Double Feature
Once again, a plug for my monthly comedy-and-cartoons craptacular: Cartoon Dump! MST3K’s Frank Conniff (TV’s Frank) and J. Elvis …
Own a piece of Pal
Auctioneers Profiles In History are currently having an incredible entertainment memorabilia sale which is including a Lot of 100 puppets …
Happy (Belated) Birthday, June Foray!
Her birthday was yesterday, Friday September 18th. Mark Evanier sent us this great photo of June and Walter Lantz (click thumbnail at …
Laika cuts computer animation
Portland’s Laika studio (Coraline) has scrapped all its plans for creating CG features and will instead focus on making stop-motion films …
A Yom Kippur PSA
A Yom Kippur Public Service Announcement from Jake Rosenbaum is a film by Scott Roberts & Daniel Klein. Roberts is an artist, animator, …
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs talkback
Saw Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs last night – and it’s hilarious. It’s 3 for 3 (or 4 for 4 if you count Monster House) for Sony …
The Magical Toyland of Bernie Shine
Anyone who has been to the Shine Gallery at L.A.’s Farmer’s Market or has seen Shine’s collection showcased on the Walt Disney Treasures …
Worst. Disney Knock-off. Ever!
I have no-idea what this really is. Is it really a Chinese Mickey Mouse knock-off? Or is it from that Beijing Amusement Park we wrote …
Fruitless Efforts
We’ve highlighted the talented filmmakers at MAKE, the animation studio out of Minneapolis Minnesota, before. And as long as they keep …
Capobianco’s Leonardo begins screening
Pixar animator Jim Capobianco’s long awaited hand-drawn short film Leonardo will screen this weekend for Academy Award qualification. You …
How To Train Your Dragon teaser
It doesn’t show much footage, and the video quality is poor, but this is our first glimpse at Dreamworks next feature – from Chris …
David Levy’s Animation Development
I’ve just read David Levy’s new book Animation Development: From Pitch to Production and it’s a must-read for anyone who plans to create …
Kenny Scharf’s Barberadise
Kenny Scharf, one of the first “lowbrow” artists to popularize cartoon culture in ‘fine art’, is back with a new exhibit of Flintstone …
The Roadrunner Story
Once again, Martha Sigall explains it all: For more Martha, buy her book Living Life Inside the Lines.
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