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THE LIVING ANIMATION FESTIVAL

Animation director Matt Ferguson (Harold Rosenbaum Chartered Accountant and Grossology for Nelvana) has, over the past week, been posting …

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A DATE THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY

What are you doing on Pearl Harbor Day?This Thursday (tomorrow, Dec. 7th) John Canemaker will be in Hollywood, hosting a program to …

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ANNIE AWARD NOMINEES

The nominees for the 34th Annual Annie Awards have been announced. The complete list is posted here. Here’s a sampling of some of the …

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SID RAYMOND 1909-2006

Mark Evanier is the first to note the passing of my friend Sid Raymond. Raymond was best known as the voice of Baby Huey and Katnip for …

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CEREAL:GEEK

Not my favorite decade for animation, but James Eatock of Busta Toons Productions (the folks behind the He Man/She Ra blog) is starting …

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BEWITCHED

Here is everything you ever wanted to know about BEWITCHED – the 1964-1972 ABC TV comedy series about a regular guy who marries to a …

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DISNEY LAYS OFF 160

Hmmm… the trade papers usually don’t post new stories over the weekend. Here’s one that popped up this morning in The Hollywood …

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BREWSTER ROCKIT

Brewster Rockit is a very funny sci-fi parody comic strip running in the L.A. Times and many other papers accross the country (via …

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BLIP

I came across this commercial for BLIP, the digital game, while I was transfering to DVD some cartoon shows I taped in 1980. It’s not …

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MINGY PUSS

Either Makinita (a.k.a. independent cartoonist Andres Silva, in Ecuador) is a demented genius – or just demented. You decide:Also check …

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LIVE-ACTION ANIME FROM 1960

Here’s an oddity I just had to share. If you thought a live-action Flintstones was a bad idea, check this out. A live action Japanese …

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TOON IN

Our buddy Tee Bosustow has just started broadcasting a new radio show dedicated to classic animated cartoons. Toon In! … to the Masters …

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FESTIVAL REPORT: 2D OR NOT 2D

Animator Nancy Beiman (of the Rochester Intitute of Technology) sent in this first hand report from 2D OR NOT 2D FESTIVAL held in Everett …

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WORST. PEANUTS. EVER.

Did you know Charlie Brown’s parents were organ donors? When Charles M. Schulz agreed to using Peanuts characters for MetLife’s …

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UNDER THE HOOD

The San Francisco Society of Illustrators is letting everyone know about the event PIXAR UNDER THE HOOD: The Making of Cars happening a …

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TIME TRAVEL

Dan Hollis has been working in radio for the past 10 years as both the sales manager for Hackettstown, New Jersey radio station WRNJ and …

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CEREAL OBSESSION

After old comic books and classic animated cartoons, the number #3 most influential art to aspiring animators has to be on cereal boxes. …

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