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Animation Dominates the Top 20 Highest Grossing Features of 2012

All told, it was an incredible year at the box office. The top six animated features contributed over $1 billion dollars gross to the US box-office.

If you think using Kickstarter is the heaven-sent solution for independent artists, this article may make you reconsider.

First the good news: Dreamworks’ Rise of The Guardians opened this holiday weekend, grossing over $32 million dollars in five days, …

Last Sunday, Blur Studio completed its crowdfunding effort for the proposed animated feature, The Goon, based on Eric Powell’s comic …

Wreck-It Ralph was the box office champion this weekend with an estimated $49.1 million U.S. box office gross. This is reportedly the …

Disney’s $4.05 billion acquisition of Lucasfilm has generated more questions than answers. The Mouse has made it clear that they bought …

Veteran animation artist Mark Mayerson has some of the most consistently enlightening perspectives on the business of animation, and his …

Next month, GR Works will host a solo exhibition of work by the Spanish-born artist Alberto Mielgo, best known in the U.S. for his art …

Marvel announced earlier this week that one of its primary characters, Iron Man, will be starring in an all-new direct-to-video anime …

Vancouver-based Nerd Corps Entertainment, known for its action-adventure series such as Dragon BoostersStorm Hawks and League of Super …

Brothers Evan and Gregg Spiridellis, founders of JibJab, were visiting New York yesterday to officially launch their new multi-platform …

When television creators Dan Harmon (Community) and Dino Stamatopoulos (Moral Orel) — partners in Los Angeles production company …

Howard Lowery is currently auctioning an interesting historical curio that I hadn’t seen before: an organizational diagram showing the …

Film critic Patrick Goldstein recently wrote his last piece for the LA Times. The article, “Wanted: A Few Good Mavericks”, is about the …

Last weekend we broke the story about Mike Tracy, a veteran teacher at the Art Institute of California–Orange County who is being …

The standard of being a good teacher tends to be the same at most schools. It involves sharing one’s experiences and knowledge, pushing …

UPDATE 7/23: It’s official! The Wall Street Journal has reported that Dreamworks is paying $155 million to acquire Classic Media LLP, …

Ice Age: Continental Drift, the fourth installment in Blue Sky’s prehistoric series, opened last weekend int the top spot with an …

Seth MacFarlane’s Ted, featuring a cute animated teddy bear in the title role, exploded past expectations and grossed an estimated $54.1 …

Animated films ruled the US box office last weekend, capturing the top two places. Brave, directed by Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman, …