Patrick Smith Show in NY

New York animator Patrick Smith, who has also created numerous public art installations throughout the years, is making a major entry …

Looney Tunes at S.F. Airport

Check this out. Starting last month a portion Eric Calande’s Looney Tunes collection went on display at the San Francisco International …

Animondays

Starting today, animator David B. Levy (president of Asifa-East) starts a new blog, Animondays, which he will update once a week. I’m …

Mid-Atlantic Comic Con

Just a reminder that for those of you on the east coast, The Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention is the end of this week, September 13 …

Cartoon Museum Benefit at Pixar

San Francisco’s Cartoon Art Museum is holding its fourth annual fundraiser at Pixar Animation Studios next Saturday. Tickets are $200. a …

The Los Angeles Animation Festival

For 2 days in October, Hollywood gets its first animation festival in over five years – The Los Angeles Animation Festival (Oct.20-21 …

Cartoon Dump tonight!

A quick little plug for our Cartoon Dump live comedy show tonight in Hollywood. Join us at 8pm.

CARTOON DUMP – LIVE!

Starting next Tuesday, Frank Conniff and I will presenting our live comedy show, Cartoon Dump, once a month at the Steve Allen Theatre in …

Michael Bierut on Charley Harper

Todd Oldham’s new monograph on Charley Harper (1922-2007), mentioned here last February, is a winner in every sense of the word. From the …

Jerry Beck in Person!

“Here we come, walking down the street, get the funniest looks from, everyone we meet…” Hey, Hey.. I may be comin’ to your town in …

Aurora In The UK

After Annecy and Platform, I figured I’d had my fill of animation festivals for the year, but I’m rethinking that stance after hearing …

LA: Jules Engel Show & Cartoon Mod Signing

Through the end of August, the Tobey C. Moss Gallery (7321 Beverly Boulevard, LA, CA) has on display a show of animation artwork by Jules …

Harry McCracken on Comic-Con

Former Animato! editor and current PC World editor, offers a nice Comic-Con trip report on his blog. He perceptively points out how the …

Comic Con Finds

Strange stuff! Good things and scary things abound. Here are just a couple of my comic book finds from this year’s San Diego Comic Con …

Day 3 @ Comic Con

Amid’s gone. I’m still here. Look who I met this afternoon at the Mattel Hot Wheels booth (where they were selling a very cool limited …

Day 2 @ Comic Con

San Diego Comic Con Friday, 7.27.07, 9:15pm I apologize for all the pix of me lately. Dan O’Shannon and his magical iPhone took these …

Overheard in San Diego…

WHO: Obese fanboy with a thick accent hailing from Mexico WHAT: The guy was talking to one of the dealers WHERE: San Diego …

Day 1 @ Comic Con

San Diego Comic Con Thursday, 7.26.07, 5:30pm Signing Popeye DVD posters with Stephen DeStefano at the Warner Bros. booth. (Thanks to …

Who’s Attending Comic-Con?

It’s so difficult to find folks down at the Comic-Con so here’s a thread where we can do a roll call of animation folk who’ll be …

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