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Cartoon Culture

Pink Panther Car For Sale

Ahhh, The things that turn up on eBay. For a measly $146,242.50 you can own the car created essentialy for the opening sequence of The …

Events

Glenn Barr’s Haunted Paradise

Forget the fact that Glenn Barr did backgrounds for Ren & Stimpy, or The New Woody Woodpecker Show, or has contributed to Mad Magazine …

Classic

ALICE in 35mm

A few years ago, Ray Pointer (aka Inkwell Images) put together a superb DVD collection of seven Alice Comedies, Disney’s 1920s silent-era …

Animators

Ryan Larkin (1943-2007)

Canadian animation legend Ryan Larkin passed away on February 14 from brain cancer. Larkin directed and animated the 1969 Oscar-nominated …

Animators

Brad Bird Podcast Interview

Pixar animators Adam Burke and Andrew Gordon of the Spline Doctors blog have posted a terrific 53-minute podcast interview with Brad …

Classic

How To Be A Cartoon Director

Kevin Langley found this vintage clip online in which Walter Lantz describes the duties of a cartoon director at his studio. It’s nice to …

Books

The Complete POGO

Great news for fans of Walt Kelly (like me). Fantagraphics Books has acquired the rights to publish a comprehensive series of Walt …

Classic

Raid spot by Tex Avery

Mark Evanier posted this Tex Avery-directed Raid commercial on his blog and I couldn’t resist linking to it as well. At the risk of …

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Marcelo Garcia

Brazilian Marcelo Garcia who runs the studio Molho is responsible for this striking experimental piece for the Brazilian music festival …

CGI

Foodfight

Click here to see the large size version of this promotional image, above, from Foodfight. Can you spot the product placement? …

Classic

SCRAPPY Research Continues

What does this Scrappy toy (pictured above) have to do Humphrey Bogart? Harry McCracken, the mastermind behind the much acclaimed …

CGI

New BEE MOVIE trailer

This one’s even better. Click here to see the new Seinfeld Bee Movie trailer with Steven Spielberg – and some actual animation.

Shorts

Waif of Persephone Arrives on DVD

Nick Cross has released a limited edition dvd of his wonderful 12-minute animated short The Waif of Persephone. The dvd, which includes …

Disney

American Dog or London Adventure?

Jim Hill blogged today about how Disney is revamping story of American Dog, now that Chris Sanders has been let go. Hill reports …

Animators

Peter Ellenshaw (1913-2007)

Dave Smith reports that Peter Ellenshaw passed away yesterday, in Santa Barbara. Ellenshaw is best known for his incredible matte …

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J.J. at the NY Comic Con

J. J. Sedelmaier (The Ambiguously Gay Duo, Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, The Colbert Report’s Tek Jansen, etc.) will be back next …

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