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Report from Platform #1
Day one at Platform. Got into Portland around 2:30pm and was whisked to the very cool Ace Hotel. After a quick check in, I headed to a …
Jerry Beck
Woody Woodpecker event
In honor of the forthcoming Woody Woodpecker and Friends DVD box set (on sale July 24th), Universal Pictures will be holding a premiere …
En Route to PLATFORM!
Today’s a travel day. Amid and I are en route to Portland for the Platform Fest. If you want to find us, check this post for me, and this …
Jules Engel: Master of Animation
Need another reason to visit Los Angeles this summer? The Tobey C. Moss Gallery on Beverly Blvd. (across the street from the famous El …
All About Arnold Stang
New York freeform radio station WFMU has one of the best blogs devoted to alternative pop culture and strange music. Today’s post by …
Ratatouille Triumphant
Brad Bird at last night’s world premiere of Ratatouille at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. The best film of the summer will be …
The 3 Minnies: Sota, Tonka and Ha-Ha
This week on Cartoon Brew Films, we are happy to present another rare animated film long considered lost: The 3 Minnies: Sota, Tonka and …
Kirikou to Become Stage Musical
Variety is reporting that the Michel Ocelot’s animated film Kirikou and the Sorceress is set to make the transition to a stage musical …
First Hitler, now Mussolini
How many facists does it take to create a classic cartoon character? A play we posted about earlier concerning a fictional meeting …
Drinking and Drawing @ Platform
Cartoonists going to the Platform International Animation Festival in Portland next week will be invited to be part of an experimental …
New George of the Jungle in Flash
Here’s a sneak peek at some finished footage from the new Flash animated George Of the Jungle, in production by Studio B in Vancouver for …
The Bigger Picture
As an ex-theatrical film distributor myself, I’m always following trends in the industry as it evolves due to new technologies and …
Michael Sporn @ ASIFA-East
Heads up, New Yorkers. Michael Sporn will be discussing his short films at an ASIFA-East gathering tomorrow night at 7pm, at the School …
Paramount Shorts 1934
Here’s a killer item on ebay. If I could afford it, I’d buy this. Since I can’t I might as well post it here and maybe one of our …
Magic Moving Images
I was going to post about Collin Ord’s forthcoming book Magic Moving Images: Animated Optical Illusions, but he’s posted a (silent) video …
Disney In Deutschland
For those of you who were disturbed by our post of Bimbo in Israel, here’s the flip side of the coin. Currently playing in San …
Variety: Ratatouille Rave Review
Variety has posted the first trade review of Ratatouille – and it’s a rave. “After the superhero spoof of “The Incredibles” and the …
Weather Man
Soundac was the Miami Florida animation studio that did commercials, station IDs, and most famously, the first color cartoon for TV …
Goodbye Toucan Sam
An era has ended. Kellogg’s has announced it will no longer market its sugared cereals to children. Kellogg’s also said it would stop …
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