Most Ironic Exec Quote of the Week
We’ve known since April that Cartoon Network is abandoning its original programming charter and slowly moving into producing live-action …
Old Brew
THE Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema
I’ve been complaining for years about the fact that very few of the animated features produced outside the U.S. ever get distribution (or …
Virgil Widrich’s FAST FILM (2003)
FAST FILM (2003) by Virgil Widrich is one of those films that reminds me why I love animation in the first place: it’s a medium in which …
THE ANCIENT BOOK OF MYTH AND WAR
Five Pixar artists are currently working on a new hardcover art book called THE ANCIENT BOOK OF MYTH AND WAR. It’s scheduled for release …
Why Did Fox Bury Mike Judge’s IDIOCRACY?
One of the biggest film mysteries of 2006 still remains unanswered: Why did Fox bury the release of IDIOCRACY, the new live-action film …
THE LITTLE PUPPET BOY
Johannes Nyholm is a fascinating visual artist, animator and filmmaker from Sweden. He’s currently working on a stop motion serial, and …
DOG DAYS OF ANIMATION
Disney story artist Paul Briggs has started an unusual art project/blogsite called Dog Days of Animation. Says Paul:It all began back in …
UNDER THE CHERRY TREE
It’s always refreshing to see stylized applications of CG animation as opposed to today’s ubiquitous photoreal approach. “Under the …
Director of MALE RESTROOM ETIQUETTE Speaks
Overman, the director of the unbelievably popular Machinima film we mentioned yesterday, MALE RESTROOM ETIQUETTE, has posted an entry on …
WHAT’S UP, DRx?
Forget LOONATICS.It seems the classic Looney Tunes characters are getting another makeover, in a slightly different manner, with Warner …
Curious Production Stories
This blog post about the making of the recent animated film CURIOUS GEORGE, written by one of the film’s supervising animators, is pretty …
Cartoon Modern in Scotland
I’m super-excited to announce that I’ll be headed to Scotland for the Projector 2006 festival, which takes place next week from October …
Miyazaki and Son
If anybody is in need of some tough love from Dr. Phil, it’s probably Hayao Miyazaki and his eldest son Goro. This Reuters article about …
NY TIMES on the CG Glut
The NY TIMES published a piece today about the glut of poorly performing animated CG films. That’s hardly news to anybody working the …
The First Machinima Hit?
Machinima is a CG animation technique that uses real-time, 3D gaming engines for its imagery source as opposed to traditional CG software …
WE’RE ALL MAD HERE
Gallery 1988 on Melrose and LaBrea is opening another theme show on Saturday, based around the Cheshire Cat from Disney’s Alice In …
According to LA TIMES, Sony Invented Squash & Stretch
The LA TIMES published a piece today by Josh Friedman with this mind-bogglingly ignorant sentence about animation: [OPEN SEASON], based …
Open Season Opens a Weak #1
Sony Pictures Animation’s first CG feature OPEN SEASON opened in the #1 slot last weekend albeit with a weak $23 million (estimated) from …
TWICE UPON A TIME Online
So, you say you’ve read Taylor Jessen’s amazing piece about the production of TWICE UPON A TIME (1983) in ANIMATION BLAST #9 and now you …
3 Trees & 3 Flowers in November
The must-see LA art show of the fall season has been anounced. “3 Trees and 3 Flowers” opens November 4 at the Gallery Nucleus (30 West …
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