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TV Commercial Roundup
Here’s a few recent animated TV spots that have caught my attention: Orange “Kids” – “Spot 1” | “Spot 2”: These spots for European …
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NEW GOLDEN COLLECTION – TODAY!
Just a subtle reminder that the
Artists Behind ‘Frozen,’ ‘Corpse Bride,’ And ‘Up’ Teach Character Design In New Course From The Creators U
Five leading designers share practical exercises, drawing demonstrations, and lessons from creating characters like Ellie and Sadness.
ESURANCE SPOTS CONFUSING?
The Esurance animated commercials – produced by Ghostbot and Wild Brain – look great, but are they good at selling car insurance? Ad …
HAPPY FEET IS NOW STOP MOTION
This sentence in the Associated Press review of HAPPY FEET should raise a few eyebrows: “So the goodhearted Mumble is nonetheless a total …
BLACK CARTOONS ON REFREDERATOR
The theme this week on ReFrederator.com is animated shorts built around racial stereotypes. Our buddy Emru Townsend of fps magazine is …
MEDIUM COOL
Last week I gave you the scoop on Van Partible’s animation on this week’s season’s premiere of NBC’s MEDIUM. Now check out MEDIUM’S …
1920 GRIM NATWICK MOVIE ADS
Our friend Leslie Cabarga purchased several bound volumes of old newspapers from San Francisco years ago, and was going through them …
ANIMATORS ON TALK SHOWS
Check out this stomach-churning talk show appearance by Dave Jeser and Matt Silverstein, creators of Comedy Central’s animated series …
NEW SIMPSONS MOVIE TRAILER
The new SIMPSONS MOVIE trailer premiered last night on Fox during a new episode of the TV series. Watch it HERE. With all the recent …
GASOLONE ALLEY
I love when newspaper comic strips do crossovers and this weeks continuity of GASOLINE ALLEY is a particular treat. Walt Wallet visits …
Predicting the Oscars
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER published a couple pieces recently about ’06 Oscar predictions for animated features and animated shorts. Jerry …
Interviews With Indie Filmmakers
Directors Notes is a weekly audio podcast that interviews indie filmmakers who create short films, docs, music videos, art films, etc. …
NICE PUNKIN’ PUSS AND MUSHMOUSE BG
There’s not a whole lot to recommend about the 1964 Hanna-Barbera cartoon PUNKIN’ PUSS AND MUSHMOUSE, but this background pan that Brew …
Piccolo, Saxo and Company
What is it with The Weinstein Company? Harvey Weinstein is perhaps the smartest and savviest of the current Hollywood moguls, but his …
MEGAN BRAIN’S PAPER SCULPTURES
For most artists, paper is an expendable material that one creates their art on, but Megan Brain’s paper sculptures show that the paper …
BEE MOVIE TRAILER
USA TODAY has an article in which Jerry Seinfeld discusses why he decided to make a live-action trailer for DreamWorks’s next CG feature …
FOUR-LETTER FILM
This Friday, November 10, marks the opening of F*CK: A DOCUMENTARY, which examines the origin and uses of a certain word. Besides …
LOONEY TUNES GOLDEN COLLECTION #4
It’s coming! The holiest day of the year for cartoon buffs – the arrival of the annual
John Korty’s Brock & Throck
It’s Election Day here in the US so it’s only fitting to mention a new politically-oriented Flash Webcartoon. The series, BROCK & THROCK …
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