UNDERDOG CREATOR IN PERSON

Buck Biggers, co-creator of Underdog, Tennessee Tuxedo, King Leonardo and the Go-Go Gophers, will appear in-person at the monthly Los …

John K. Saves San Francisco!

The cult of John K. comes to the Bay Area.The Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco is hosting a presentation by John Kricfalusi this …

Music Video by Louis-Philippe Eno

“Montreal -40°C” is a recent music video directed by Louis-Philippe Eno for the Montreal band Malajube. It doesn’t break much new …

Amid’s San Diego Report

I could write about everything that happened in San Diego during my two-day Con visit, but nothing could possibly say as much as this …

COMIC CON RECAP #1

Here’s the first of several posts on a few of the experiences I had, and some of the stuff I got, at the San Diego Comic Con 2006. Above …

COMIC CON: WORST CARTOONS EVER

I want to thank everyone who showed up last Friday night at the Comic Con for my annual WORST CARTOONS EVER screening. You haven’t lived …

Animation History Gone Awry

Mark Mayerson rips apart the new book CREATORS: FROM CHAUCER AND DURER TO PICASSO AND DISNEY by British historian and journalist Paul …

Ottawa Selections Announced

The Ottawa International Animation Festival is right around the corner and the selections for its 2006 edition were announced last week. …

MONDAY MORNING INSPIRATION: Sam Cobean

Chuck Jones once said in an interview that when he wanted to draw believable human characters, he would pattern his drawing after Sam …

RUFUS RESTORED!

This is the biggest animation history find since fragments of Elmo Aardvark began appearing in the 1990s! Two copies of the long lost, …

WE ARE THE STRANGE

Here’s an odd one.We are the Strange is an independent animated feature film about “two outcasts caught in the middle of a deadly battle …

GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE 2007

Just what we need – a revival of Jay Ward’s animated classic, George of the Jungle. However, a new series currently in production is …

SDCC: JERRY BECK

One more time: Here’s where you can meet me at Comic-Con International: San Diego today (Thursday), tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday:RANDOM …

How Much Will That Film Make?

Animation Guild president Kevin Koch has written a fascinating post on the Guild blog about how to predict an animated film’s final box …

Spongebob in Beirut

Question: What does a Lebanese cartoonist do while he’s dodging bombs being dropped on him in Beirut? Answer: He watches SPONGEBOB and …

A (12-Year-Old) Bob Clampett Caaar-tooon!

In the 1920s, some kids around the Los Angeles area contributed drawings and stories to “The Junior Times” which was an insert of the LA …

SDCC: Animation Blast 9

Ok folks, the news that everybody’s been waiting for! ANIMATON BLAST #9 will debut in San Diego this week!!! It’s been a long four years …

SDCC: Animation Booths

Clay Kaytis of the Animation Podcast has compiled a nice round-up of animation-related booths at the Con. Among other things, he notes …

SDCC: Flight Comics

Kazu Kibuishi deserves a lot of praise for what he’s done with the FLIGHT graphic anthologies. He’s managed to bring together a lot of …

SDCC: EVANIER, KRESS AND SHAW!

Our blogging buddies Mark Evanier, Scott Shaw!, and Earl Kress are moderating (or appearing) on several panels of note at the San Diego …

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