HARRYHAUSEN IN DALLAS
To all our friends out in Dallas, Texas – take note: legendary stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen will be discusing his craft and …
Jerry Beck
OSCAR TIME!
Tomorrow night is Oscar night and nothing seems as certain as the WALLACE & GROMIT win. However, the only suspense around here is for who …
LIVE ACTION SIMPSONS
A must-see: live-action SIMPSONS opening from the UK’s Sky TV.
NEW DISNEY BOOKS OF NOTE
University Press of Mississippi has two great new Disney books coming out in the next few months. Mouse Tracks: The Story of Walt Disney …
OSWALD STENCILS ON EBAY
A super-cool and incredibly rare 1928 Oswald The Lucky Rabbit Stencil Set sold on ebay today for $1525. Click here for photo gallery of …
CARTOONS AT UCLA
Heads up for those in Los Angeles area. On Friday (3/3, 7:30pm) the UCLA Film & Television Archive is running a tribute to Comic Art …
HARRY VISITS PIXAR
Our pal Harry McCracken goes inside Pixar and tells us about it on HARRY-GO-ROUND.
WIRED ON SCANNER DARKLY
Good article on the CG rotoscope technique used in WAKING LIFE and challenges in making the forthcoming A SCANNER DARKLY in the latest …
PLIGHT OF THE BUMBLE BEE
Hans Perk of A. Film A/S in Denmark sent us these drawings (below) and storyboard images (above) from unfinished Disney production #2428, …
A CAR-TUNE PORTRAIT
One of the hot things emerging on several cartoon blogs lately is the detailed deconstruction of classic animated features and shorts. By …
THE LITTLE SHORT SIGHTED SNAKE
A new childrens short, The Little Short Sighted Snake, produced in Estonia and designed by Benjamin Bocquelet (of London’s uber-talented …
RARE ANIME FEATURE RESTORED
The Japan Times is reporting that the first post-war Japanese animated feature has been restored to its original 48 minute length.A …
I WANT MY MAYPO!
Homestat Farm, the current manufactuers of MAYPO (the maple flavored oatmeal cereal) are relaunching the product with an updated version …
CHINA BANS SPACE JAM, ROGER RABBIT, COOL WORLD… etc.
I love this story in today’s DAILY VARIETY:Jessica Rabbit isn’t welcome in China — and Michael Jordan shouldn’t show up with any of his …
Dear Mr. Iger,
Now that you’ve returned a creative producer – an animator, no less – to head Disney Feature Animation and Imagineering, and you’ve …
HAPPY BIRTHDAY: ANIMATION 1906-2006
The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive has just noted that April 6th marks the 100th birthday of animation. James Stuart Blackton created …
MORE OSWALD
A week and a half later – and the Disney/Oswald Rabbit news just won’t die down! For those of you who need to get up to speed, two good …
BEST OF THE REST
Next Thursday night I will be giving a talk at the Van Eaton Galleries, discussing and screening some of the best non-Disney cartoons of …
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