Animators

Art Clokey 1921-2010

Art Clokey, creator of Gumby, died this morning according to San Luis Obispo.com. Clokey, who lived in Los Osos, California was 89. …

Disney

Grizzly Flats Rides Again!

Animator Ward Kimball’s famed Chloe locomotive was on the move recently to Yorba Linda, CA for the annual Holiday Festival of Trains at …

CGI

Furry Vengence

Monkey Bone. Dudley Do-Right. Looney Tunes: Back In Action. Brendan Fraser: “Why?” Yeah, I know this is mostly OT, and it’s mainly …

Music Videos

You Look Familiar

I’m a sucker for retro-styled animated music videos. So despite the fact this video has been featured on several other websites, I felt …

Comics

Harvey Comics Treasury

Between 2007 and 2009, Leslie Cabarga and I had the privilege of assembling five volumes of classic Harvey Comics reprints for Dark Horse …

Classic

It’s Mighty Mouse Day!

Going on sale today: the Ralph Bakshi Mighty Mouse The New Adventures complete series on DVD. Everyone reading this blog should own a …

Classic

Fox should just switch to Animation

Why is it a no-brainer (literally) for major studios to green-light live action CGI remakes of classic cartoon properties as feature …

Comics

The Sunday Funnies (1/3/10)

Our weekly survey of recent comic strips and editorial cartoons that reference animation characters. Though we usually feature print …

Cartoon Culture

Nutella goes Looney Tunes

Heads up, Jarheads! Here’s the scoop from our roving reporter Dave Filipi, direct from a supermarket in Philadelphia. Nutella, the bread …

Anime

Space Battleship Yamato trailer

It’s going to be a Happy New Year for fans of Star Blazers and cheesy Japanese live action science fiction flicks (which I am):

Illustration

David Levine 1926-2009

David Levine was one of the great caricaturists of the 20th Century. He was best known for his work for the The New York Review of Books. …

Events

Animation Tuesdays

It’s official. I’m hosting a regular series of cartoon screenings, the first Tuesday of each month, at the CineFamily/Silent Movie …

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