Don Bluth and Ralph Bakshi discuss animation (1982)
Here’s a rare treat. Ralph Bakshi and Don Bluth discuss the future of animation on Nightcap, a literary roundtable hosted by journalists …
Jerry Beck
The Golden Age Show
Once again, Chogrin and his art group, The Autumn Society are holding a gallery show (their fourth) at Brave New Worlds Comics in …
Japanese Peanuts TV spots
Here’s pop star Kaela Kimura with the Peanuts gang. I happen to like these Japanese TV spots (advertising Hot Pepper, a free coupon …
Scott Bradley at Walter Lantz
Scott Bradley is best known for his cartoon compositions for MGM, but he also worked for Walter Lantz once.
Ice Age 3 talkback
We haven’t seen it yet… Did you? Give us your feedback in the comments below.
2009 Holiday Animation
For Thanksgiving: Planet 51 is lookin’ a whole lot better in this new trailer. As for Christmas: Furry Porn! You know …
Rare Tom and Jerry comic strips
Ger Apeldoorn has posted a selection of rarely seen Tom & Jerry newspaper comics strips from 1950. Though credited to “Fred Quimby”, they …
Fallen Princesses
No, it’s not a scene from Cartoon Network Real (though I wish it were), it’s from a wonderful series of photographs posted on the JPG …
Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2nd Trailer
Also: Armand Serrano has posted some nice artwork for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs on his blog. (Thanks, Marcos)
Greg Ford animates Tom Gammill’s The Doozies
When I was at Ohio State in Columbus this past weekend I had the pleasure of meeting writer Tom Gammill, who (along with his partner Max …
Badly Drawn Roy
This clever 2007 animated/live action film by Alan and Frank Shannon, was produced by Dublin based animation studio Jam Media for RTE, …
Sporn on Terrytoons
Michael Sporn’s Splog is a daily must-read for anyone interested in cartoons, their history and the experiences of a life-long New York …
Who was Walt Disney?
Forget Barrier and Gabler, I found the real deal at the Columbus airport bookstore this weekend. The haunting cover art of Who Was Walt …
El Superbeasto on DVD
Anchor Bay Entertainment will be releasing Rob Zombie’s The Haunted World of El SuperBeasto direct-to-video on September 22nd. The …
The Society for Animation Studies
The 21st Annual Society for Animation Studies Conference, subtitled The Persistence of Animation, will be held July 10-12, 2009, at the …
Goodbye London
London-based animator Murray John (check his very-cool reel) sent us his latest music video, created for musician Luke Jackson. below. …
Trippy Spongebob MTV IDs from Pepper Melon
These are too cool. The spots were conceptualized by London-based Thinkmake and directed by Tomás GarcÃa of Buenos Aires-based Pepper …
Toy Movies
Where Dan Meth sees Hollywood updates of classic toy and cartoon properties going. He’s not far off: (Thanks, Sterling Sheehy)
Save Taz!
And now, no joke, a Public Service Announcement: Apparently Warner Bros. is supporting the effort to Save the Tasmanian Devil by …
Reminder: Jerry at Ohio State TONIGHT!
I’ll be in Columbus Ohio tonight to introduce a screening of Disney’s 101 Dalmatians (1961) and to celebrate the recent acquisition of …
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