Pixar’s Growing Pains
Fascinating article (and delightfully grotesque editorial art) in the EAST BAY EXPRESS about Pixar’s continuing battles with the city of …
Old Brew
Fafi Girls
Appealing graffiti art HERE. Fafi is a French artist who specializes in drawing cute girls. Her work reminds me a bit of Katie Nice and …
Design Books Galore
Illustrator Mark Frauenfelder’s recent post on Boing Boing about the forthcoming Jim Flora book is a reminder of what a wonderful time it …
MORE CHEAP CARTOON DVDS
This must be the golden age of cheap public domain cartoon dvds. ILM animation director Tom Bertino sent in this toon tip:Your posting of …
ANIMAC
A few years ago I was invited to be a judge for the animation sidebar to the SITGES FANTASY FILM FESTIVAL in Spain. Animator Carolina …
Dun’t Esk
Milt Gross’s graphic novel HE DONE HER WRONG (1930) is examined in this ARTICLE at Indy Magazine. Somebody really needs to publish a …
First Day at the Office
Thursday, July 15, 2004 (Part II)_________________________ I arrive at the studio, where I’m issued an electronic badge with my …
DISNEY CELS
My buddy Arnold Leibovit (The Puppetoon Movie) has a nice website called Sci-Fi Station which is dedicated to the great fantasy …
VAN BEUREN’S TOM & JERRY
Rivaling Fleischer studios with their abstract rubber-hose animation style and hot jazz musical scores, the RKO Van Beuren Tom & Jerry …
From Beautiful Downtown Burbank
Gary Owens, the voice of Roger Ramjet, Space Ghost and Powdered Toast Man, has a new book out called HOW TO MAKE A MILLION DOLLARS WITH …
Frank Thomas Remembered
Here’s an ARTICLE from Frank Thomas’s hometown paper, the LA CANADA VALLEY SUN, with remembrances from Disney folk like Andreas Deja, …
Fantagraphics Article
Nice article in this week’s SEATTLE WEEKLY about indie comic publisher Fantagraphics. The piece relates that in the 28-year history of …
DVD Plugs
A few DVD’s of note that I’ve received in the mail recently: Politics and animation always seem to mix nicely, and the on-line short …
Exploring Reykjavik
Thursday, July 15, 2004_________________________ I pop out of bed like a piece of toast, slightly jet-lagged but so excited by the idea …
SHARK TALE STEREOTYPES
Dreamworks is getting flak over the use of Italian American stereotypes in its new movie, SHARK TALE. While DreamWorks maintains that the …
ALVIN IN CG
In case you were wondering what ever happened to Alvin, Simon and Theodore:”Fox 2000 Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox Animation and …
CAL ARTS TRIBUTE AT MOMA
The Museum Of Modern Art in New York is planning a big film-and-video tribute to CalArts that will take place in late 2005/early 2006. …
More on Duane Crowther
Oscar Grillo writes this nice memory of how he was inspired by Duane Crowther’s work: Duane was not only a great animator. He was a …
BLUM BLUM
Every so often I see a piece of animation that completely knocks me out, a gem that I never even knew existed. This past weekend I saw …
THE JACKALOPE BOYZ
Warner Bros. animation director Mike Milo (Xiaolin Showdown) has a new flash animation:Sorry for this shameless self-promotion but I am …
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