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PRESTON BLAIR GIFS
I’m not quite sure who is behind this particular website, but someone has posted a Preston Blair Gif Gallery which presents a great set …
Jerry Beck
SIMPSONS STUFF
Worth a listen: NPR’s “Day to Day” with guest Charles Solomon talking about the SIMPSONS voice cast demanding more money per episode. …
MICKEY REIMAGINED
Hartman’s MICKEY The New York Times has posted a teriffic article (to be printed in Sunday’s edition) asking if Disney can ever really …
Pete Alavardo (1920-2004)
Mark Evanier posts that Warner Bros. animation artist and Western Publishing comic book mainstay Pete Alvarado had passed away January …
GIGANTOR CREATOR DEAD
Manichi News reports that cartoonist Mitsuteru Yokoyama, best known as the creator of the animation series GIGANTOR (aka Tetsujin 28-Go), …
Kneitel, Sparber & Tytla
Which one of these doesn’t belong? I can’t get over this publicity photo of Disney great Bill Tytla, with Isadore Sparber and Seymour …
BASEMAN’S BOOK
Mr. BasemanReminder: MOCA presents GARY BASEMAN, Lecture/Multimedia Show and Book Signing, Saturday, April 17th, 2:30pm. The Museum of …
OLD TIN CAN
Musician Morris Tepper and artist Brett Spivey have teamed up to create a music video for Tepper’s group Candlebone that combines footage …
Pidgeon Products
Pixar animator/designer/director Jeff Pidgeon has started selling products with his cool designs through Cafe Press.comFirst up Three …
VINTON’S POPEYE
Animator Joel Brinkerhoff sent us some models for the POPEYE CG special when it was in development at Will Vinton Studios last year. …
LOONEY TUNES ON TCM
Heads up!On Friday, June 18th, Turner Classic Movies will devote a day to LOONEY TUNES IN HOLLYWOOD with cartoons, and the movies that …
SCRAPPYLAND
This news is just to exciting to hold: Harry McCracken is building a new website devoted to Columbia’s biggest original cartoon star – …
BLOW ME DOWN!
Here, without comment from me, is the first image of Mainframe’s CG POPEYE, from a forthcoming TV special written by comedian Paul …
ANIMATOR AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Getting rave reader reviews on Amazon.com is Animatrix: A Female Animator, How Laughter Saved My Life By Heidi Guedel.I haven’t read the …
NOT A GOOD FRIDAY FOR EISNER
Just when you think it can’t get any worse for Michael Eisner:TIGGER starts groping Disney World patrons (via Orlando Sentinel)And an …
DePATIE INTERVIEW
Here’s an excellent interview with David DePatie (of DePatie-Freleng) by John Cawley which has just been posted on AWN.
HE-MAN GETS A MAKE-OVER
From an MTV press release:On May 17th, the animated comedy series “Ill-ustrated” will return to VH1. The half-hour series is based on the …
ASIFA’S VIRTUAL ARCHIVE
The International Animated Film Society (aka ASIFA-Hollywood) has embarked on an ambitious project to expand the offerings of the current …
DISNEY CLOSES JAPANESE STUDIO
As part of their worldwide effort to kill traditional hand drawn animation, Disney will fire its Japanese animators in June. Read about …
KILL BILL ANIME PREQUEL
According to Internal Correspondence Vol. 2 (aka ICv.2) Quentin Tarantino is planning to write and produce an anime feature film, which …
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