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TOONZONE ASKS A FEW QUESTIONS
An interview with me has just been posted on TOONZONE.
Jerry Beck
WORST CARTOONS EVER
Super PresidentThe 2005 San Diego Comic Con was overwhelming. Huge crowds, movie stars, people in costumes… and, oh yeah, a couple of …
DAN BESSIE ON BERNIE GRUVER
Filmmaker and former animator Dan Bessie sent in this reminiscence of his friend Bernard Gruver, after seeing Gruver’s name referenced …
DAVE SPAFFORD SPEAKS!
Ian Failes talks to animator Dave Spafford on vfxblog.
COMIC CON!
The annual insanity known as San Diego Comic Con starts tonight. I will be down there all weekend where I am scheduled to host three …
COOKIE BOWERS UPDATE
Several readers including Galen Fott pointed out the Cookie Bowers listing on IMDB. Mark Mayerson found a February 9th, 1940 listing for …
WHO IS COOKIE BOWERS?
Leonard Maltin found this publicity photo of a voice actor we’ve never heard of. Studio employee? Related to Charles Bowers? Any clues?
RES MAGAZINE
The July-August issue of RES Magazine (Vol. 8, No. 4) is a comics and animation issue. Subtitled DRAWN FROM LIFE, the magazine contains …
HAWKINS AND CHINIQUY
Jaime Weinman continues his analysis of Great Warner Bros. Animators on his Something Old, Nothing New blog. This time Emery Hawkins …
A MEATHAUS SKETCH BOOK
Those wacky cartoonists at Meathaus.com have created a 218 page sketchbook featuring 31 artists – including several pages by animators …
NORM PRESCOTT R.I.P.
Norm Prescott, co-founder of FILMATION (pictured above at left with Hal Sutherland in the middle and Lou Scheimer at right), passed away …
JANET KLEIN
If you are in Hollywood tonight and are looking for things to do – I highly recommend you spend an evening with Janet Klein And Her …
HAND PUPPETS
Andrew Young’s PuppetVision Blog has pointed out this website listing dozens of vintage cartoon character hand puppets. Making three …
ROWLAND B. WILSON R.I.P.
On Tuesday June 28th, cartoonist Rowland B. Wilson passed away.Lucky SevenWilson is best known for hundreds of cartoons he wrote and drew …
SAN DIEGO COMIC CON
In a little less than two weeks, the San Diego Comic Con will commence with an expected attendance of over 100,000 fans and industry …
MEXICAN STAMPS – Part II
Thanks to the U.S. Government’s official denouncement of the Mexican postage stamps featuring Memin Pinguin, the stamps themselves have …
THE ANIMATED PERFORMANCE
Mark your calendar. Animators Brad Bird, Eric Goldberg, Jan Pinkava (Geri’s Game), Steve Hornby and Richie Baneham (Lord of the Rings) …
MEXICAN POSTAGE STAMPS
The media is reporting today on the Mexican postage stamp featuring famed cartoon character Memin Pinguin.The White House on Thursday …
RECLAIMING FELIX THE CAT
Animation director Raul Garcia just got back from a trip overseas and brought me a present: the 20 page color booklet published in …
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