KING LEONARDO ON BLACK FAMILY CHANNEL
Classic cartoons (and by that I mean the wide swath of animation history from 1906 to its dying days in the 1970s) are practically …
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SUPERTHUNDERSTINGCAR
Classic bit of British comedy: Peter Cook and Dudley Moore spoof Gerry & Sylvia Anderson’s F.A.B. 1960s Supermarionation TV shows. …
MEDICAL TOONS
Rarely screened historic medical cartoons will be featured in a film series this fall at the National Academies in Washington DC. The …
1936 ARTICLE ON FLEISCHER 3-D SETS
One of my last-second purchases on Sunday, just before I left the San Diego Comic Con, was snagging this copy of the November 1936 issue …
NEW BOOK ON STOP MOTION
Who says Stop-Motion is dead? I just got Ken Priebe’s great new book The Art of Stop-Motion Animation, and it pretty much details, step …
COMIC CON RECAP #2: BECK INTROS SMIGEL
One of the highlights of the San Diego Comic Con this year was my chance to play straight man for comic genius Robert Smigel. That’s me …
UNDERDOG CREATOR IN PERSON
Buck Biggers, co-creator of Underdog, Tennessee Tuxedo, King Leonardo and the Go-Go Gophers, will appear in-person at the monthly Los …
John K. Saves San Francisco!
The cult of John K. comes to the Bay Area.The Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco is hosting a presentation by John Kricfalusi this …
COMIC CON RECAP #1
Here’s the first of several posts on a few of the experiences I had, and some of the stuff I got, at the San Diego Comic Con 2006. Above …
COMIC CON: WORST CARTOONS EVER
I want to thank everyone who showed up last Friday night at the Comic Con for my annual WORST CARTOONS EVER screening. You haven’t lived …
RUFUS RESTORED!
This is the biggest animation history find since fragments of Elmo Aardvark began appearing in the 1990s! Two copies of the long lost, …
WE ARE THE STRANGE
Here’s an odd one.We are the Strange is an independent animated feature film about “two outcasts caught in the middle of a deadly battle …
GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE 2007
Just what we need – a revival of Jay Ward’s animated classic, George of the Jungle. However, a new series currently in production is …
SDCC: JERRY BECK
One more time: Here’s where you can meet me at Comic-Con International: San Diego today (Thursday), tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday:RANDOM …
SDCC: EVANIER, KRESS AND SHAW!
Our blogging buddies Mark Evanier, Scott Shaw!, and Earl Kress are moderating (or appearing) on several panels of note at the San Diego …
ACADEMY SALUTE TO NORMAN McLAREN
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in Beverly Hills has set Friday August 18th for A Salute To Norman McLaren. Hosted by …
SDCC: AISLE 700
Clearly the presence of animation and animators at the San Diego Comic Con will be great. On Saturday at 12 noon a whole jam of events is …
LITTLE MAN = BABY BUGGY BUNNY
I noticed the similarities to the current feature film LITTLE MAN to a particular Bugs Bunny cartoon when I first saw the trailer back on …
PIXAR STORYTELLING
The annual Screenwriting Expo in Los Angeles (October 19-22) is turning its focus to Pixar this year. The conference will have a whole …
Stephen Silver at Comic-Con
Stephen Silver’s new sketchbook, cleverly titled Stephen Silver’s Sketchbook, is hot off the press and will be debuting at the San Diego …
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