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It’s always exciting to see animated films and animation artists receive recognition in mainstream art publications. Achieving this type …

FPS magazine began an excellent series of lectures last summer called the Animation Innovator series. Their first guest was animation …

This is a pretty cool CG/live-action commercial for Guinness helmed by Danny Kleinman, director of the title sequences of the past five …

Craig Harris is a talented newcomer working at James Baxter Animation by day, blogging and illustrating books at night.

Sunday night I’ll be moderating a Q&A at the Hollywood Film Festival closing night World Premiere for Disney’s dub of MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO. …

She was Josie, Judy Jetson and Penelope Pitstop…. to name but a few. Women In Animation is hosting a luncheon with voice actress Janet …

ASIFA-Hollywood will be screening a dozen extremely rare KRAZY KAT cartoons on Saturday October 29th at 3pm – at the AFI in …

I wasn’t familiar with the work of Canadian cartoonist Rex Hackelberg until he submitted a terrific entry for our Ottawa Animation …

Coolest video this year: Try Telling That To Your Baby by Montreal’s Fluorescent Hill, a directing team comprised of Mark Lomond, Johanne …

Somehow I missed the news that Dark Horse Comics is working on a February 2006 re-release of the 1943 Roald Dahl children’s book, THE …

I’ve been a fan of Joseph Holt’s work ever since I ran across a big stack of his exquisite background layouts for MY LIFE AS A TEENAGE …

Pictoplasma is holding their first-ever animation festival, CHARACTERS IN MOTION, on November 25-26 in Berlin. It is being billed as a …

Here’s a quick update on the two biggest projects that I’m dealing with at the moment. First, the latest on the Chronicle book. It’s now …

Steve Worth has been working like gangbusters to get Asifa-Hollywood’s Animation Archive up and running. The Animation Center at 2114 W. …

My friend John Donaldson sent me this link. I suspect it’s a clip from FAMILY GUY – since I don’t watch that show I have no idea. But it …

We’ve plugged and praised our pal Oscar Grillo’s work, website and blog before – but this week Oscar has begun a new blog written in …

“After struggling uphill in the difficult yet potentially profitable world of computer animation films, Wild Brain is on the cusp of …

Chris Savino, who worked on the original REN & STIMPY and has subsequently produced THE POWERPUFF GIRLS, directed DEXTER’S LABORATORY and …

Here’s a chance to see some quality CG in Montreal. The SIGGRAPH 2005 Electronic Theater will play this Thursday, October 13, at the …

Here are three terrific blogs by animation students, one each from France, Canada and the US. The future of animation looks bright if …