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WOMEN DO ANIMATE
WOMEN DO ANIMATE – and they are apparently doing it very well in Australia.Marian Quigley interviews ten Australian animators’ in her new …
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FRED PATTEN UPDATE
Our dear friend Fred Patten suffered a stroke last March. I’m happy to say he’s recovering nicely (slowly, but nicely) – and he now has a …
Award-Winning 2D Animation Tips From The 2024 Cartoon Animator Contest
Learn nine pro techniques from 2024 Cartoon Animator contest winners to boost your 2D animation skills with creative rigs and smart motion tools.
SUPER SATURDAY, PART DEUX
After seeing our previous post on the ABC SUPER SATURDAY CLUB, J.J. Sedelmaier comes clean with his past transgressions by sending in the …
Unsung Heros of Animation
I can count all the great books about modern independent animation on one hand…hell, probably on one finger, because there simply …
MEDIA ALERT: JUNE FORAY ON LARRY KING
I sat with June Foray at the CINECON banquet last night in Hollywood. I’m not trying to name drop, but I wanted to pass along this bit of …
SUPER SATURDAY CLUB
ABC’s Saturday morning cartoon line-up in 1969 must represent the pinnacle of low budget, cheapjack, crap-tacular TV cartoon production. …
MATINEE MOUSE
When is a theatrical release not a theatrical release?As someone who is monitoring U.S. theatrical animated releases – for both my …
SEPTEMBER GARAGE SALE
My garage sale continues with some obscure pencil original art from Van Beuren and Lantz studios.
Even Mr. Bill Knew the Levees Wouldn’t Hold
A couple days ago on GOOD MORNING, AMERICA, President Bush said, “I don’t think anyone could have anticipated the breach of the levees.” …
Gabe Swarr’s Value Meal
Animation director-designer Gabe Swarr has launched the first designs in his new T-shirt line called Value Meal. “I like food,” says Gabe …
Animation Blog Season
The summer of 2005 will go down as the animation artist’s blog renaissance. Artist blogs have been cropping up at an unbelievable rate …
Ryan Larkin on the comeback trail
Ryan Larkin, the celebrated wunderkind of 1960s Canadian animation whose downfall was the subject of Chris Landreth’s Oscar-winnning …
CINECON & JANET KLEIN
This’ll be slightly off-topic. I’m plugging my whereabouts the next five days. Tomorrow night I will be in two places at once. First I’ll …
HOOTERS HIRES BETTY BOOP
Just when you thought King Features couldn’t sink any lower – they do this.(Link to Mark Evanier’s News From ME)
EMPRESS CHUNG
Who says traditional animation is dead?Not Nelson Shin – the Walt Disney of Korea. His epic labor-of-love, EMPRESS CHUNG, has finally …
Marcelo Braga’s blog
Brazilian cartoonist Marcelo Braga (of the Macacolandia Studio) has started a blog, which is loaded with his, and some of his friends, …
THE NEW GUMBY
The current owners of National Lampoon have partnered with Art Clokey Productions to recraft the original Gumby TV series into an “edgy, …
OTTAWA CONTEST WINNERS!
It was a very tough decision – but the Brewmasters have spoken!The winning entries came from
Harald Siepermann Blog
Our friend Harald Siepermann, a mighty talented character designer who lives in Germany, has started his own blog HERE. Just a few of the …
Ruben Apodaca, RIP
I was saddened to hear that Ruben Apodaca passed away last month at age 73. I didn’t know him well, but met him a few times to work on a …
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