ON THE FRONT LINES

What can I say? It’s amazing!I never thought I’d live to see the day they’d release restored, perfect copies of DER FUEHRER’S FACE, …

JOHN SEELY 1923-2004

John Seely recieved music credit on six Warner Bros. cartoons released in 1958 – when Milt Franklin and the Warner studio musicians went …

APPLESEED TRAILER

Have you seen this trailer for the CG/2-D anime feature APPLESEED?Not sure what I think of it myself – but it’s a good trailer.

The TV Animation Business Part 3

What If You’re Not a Multinational? The multinational corporations are not the only companies making animated TV series. But if …

LORENZO

I had a bittersweet experience yesterday, during a screening at the Disney studios.I saw Mike Gabriel’s new five minute animated short, …

The TV Animation Business Part 2

How Multinational Corporations Thrive As I mentioned in the last installment, the paradox of the TV business is that the increasing …

DISNEY TREASURES

Oh boy! I’m excited!They go public on May 18th, but I just recieved an advance set of the long-delayed

Fractured Fairy Tales

Anybody who thinks their life is pathetic will feel a lot better after reading this. Micah Ian Wright, a former writer for Nickelodeon’s …

EAST COAST SCREENINGS

Hair HighWe plug a lot of Los Angeles screenings here, but we have a lot of east coast friends too – and I’ll do my best to post …

The TV Animation Business Part 1

Three Ways to Make Money I’ve worked in different kinds of television animation for my entire career. As a result, I’ve …

More on Indian Outsourcing

Harvey Deneroff, who runs the invaluable industry news site Deneroff.com, points out another recent article on Indian outsourcing from …

An Abbreviated Legacy

“Our goal is to create quality animated films with compelling stories and strong characters and to continue Walt Disney’s legacy of hand …

POPEYE ON DVD – PART 2

As long as I’m on a rant about POPEYE on DVD, allow me to shamelessly plug a brand new release from the friendly folks at VCI …

A new twist in outsourcing

IndianTelevision.com has posted a fascinating piece on the Indian animation studio Padmalaya Telefilms which recently signed a number of …

The Generosity of HELLBOY Fans

Here’s a feel-good story about artists helping a colleague in need. First, the bad news: after recent medical problems and no health …

Around the Web

It’s not often that a musician will animate his own music video, but Bob Schneider created this cut-out piece for his new song “Come With …

PINTO COLVIG

The late Pinto Colvig (1892-1967) has never been honored for being the first person to portray “Bozo the Clown.” As of May 28, 2004, that …

POPEYE ON DVD?

Fleischer POPEYENo, not yet.King Features has released a dvd boxed set of 1960s Popeye cartoons – some of the worst cartoons ever made. …

A Review of Chris Landreth’s ‘Ryan’

I saw a screening of Chris Landreth’s latest computer animated film, Ryan, last week. The film is an animated documentary, somewhat in …

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