Let’s Write A Book
Collage-style video for the song Let’s Write a Book by Field Music. Directed by Ollie Murray and Rohan Wadham at Decoy. (Thanks, …
Jerry Beck
Looney Tuneage
This Friday, May 14th, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences will host its annual Marc Davis Celebration of Animation. This …
Cartoon Voice Actors on Stu’s Show
Broadcasting live today (7pm-9pm EST / 4pm-6pm PST) on Shokus Internet Radio – and repeating each day, same time through May 18th – is a …
Above Then Beyond
In 2005, a group of students at ESRA made a short film called Above Then Beyond. It has just surfaced on the internet and is worth a …
Ghibli’s Tales from Earthsea gets US release
Disney has just announced that it will theatrically release Goro Miyazaki’s Tales from Earthsea (Gedo Senki) in the US on August 13th …
Frank Frazetta (1928-2010)
His involvement with the animation world was relatively brief, but his inspiration to artists, animators and cartoonists, world over, …
Extn. 21 by Lizzie Oxby
In 2007, you’ll recall Madame Tutli Putli’s disturbing and effective use of live action eyes composited onto the animated puppets. A …
The Sunday Funnies (5/9/10)
From the top: The Argyle Sweater (5/4 & 5/8) by Scott Hilburn; Lola (5/5) by Todd Clark, and Heart of the City (5/5) by Mark Tatulli. …
Harvey Art Show
Tonight is the opening of The Art of Harvey Comics exhibit over at the Van Eaton Gallery on Ventura Blvd. Many pieces in this exhibit are …
UCLA Preserved Silent Animation website
Last night, Bill Kroyer and I participated in an animation panel at the Hammer Museum, which followed a screening of some newly restored …
Shareholders
It seems as if the entire history of Russian animation is now on You Tube if you search deep enough. Here’s a good one and certainly …
FRIDAY IN L.A: Hugo The Hippo vs. UCLA Archive?
Decisions, Decisions! Tonight in L.A. (4/14) you have your choice: 1. From Inkwell to Desktop: A Selection of Early Hand Drawn and …
Urban Stencil
ADA SPORT (ADA standing for Animation Dance Association) is a web competition where animation teams create quick short films which …
Pop by Bernard Derriman
A short celebrating 50 years of the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, directed and animated by Bernard …
Headless Studio
Headless Productions is a small independent animation studio founded by Adrian Garcia, Victor Maldonado and Alfredo Torres …
Plant Girl titles
I haven’t posted an opening title sequence in some time. This one is from a short live action fantasy currently making the festival …
Thor trailer
Here’s an exclusive first look at one of the big movies of 2011: Thor. No, not the upcoming Kenneth Branagh Marvel Comics super hero …
The Art of Harvey Comics, Fleischer and Famous Studios
Starting next week, the touring exhibition From Richie Rich to Wendy, The Art of Harvey Comics will make a stop in L.A. with rare comic …
The Sunday Funnies (5/2/10)
This week, the first three are editorial cartoons. From the top: Mike Peters (4/16) for the Dayton Daily News, Joel Pett (4/27) for …
Tuesday screening: Toons In Drag
For my Cinefamily animation screening this month we’re examining the cartoons (and especially Bugs Bunny) where male characters dress …
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