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The Blogging Osmond
Fred Osmond (the charming fellow on the left) was the LA layout supervisor on REN & STIMPY: ADULT PARTY CARTOON, a difficult position …
Previously on Cartoon Brew
SD CON: DISASTER! THE MOVIE
Stop motion fans take note. This Friday, July 15, in San Diego, there’ll be a panel about DISASTER! THE MOVIE, the first R-rated stop …
How Netflix’s ‘Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight’ Balances Classic Comic Roots With Modern CG Aesthetics (EXCLUSIVE)
Production designer Aurélien Prédal explains the visual strategy, shifting styles, and aesthetic challenges behind the global series adaptation.
J.J. Sedelmaier Speaks
HOGAN’S ALLEY #11 had a terrific interview with commercial director J.J. Sedelmaier, who’ll be a special guest in San Diego this week …
COMIC CON!
The annual insanity known as San Diego Comic Con starts tonight. I will be down there all weekend where I am scheduled to host three …
COOKIE BOWERS UPDATE
Several readers including Galen Fott pointed out the Cookie Bowers listing on IMDB. Mark Mayerson found a February 9th, 1940 listing for …
WHO IS COOKIE BOWERS?
Leonard Maltin found this publicity photo of a voice actor we’ve never heard of. Studio employee? Related to Charles Bowers? Any clues?
SD CON: Floyd Norman
Animation legend Floyd Norman’s new book HOW THE GRINCH STOLE DISNEY debuts in San Diego this week. In this third volume of gag drawings, …
Would Jesus Approve Of This Layout?
There’s occasionally some fairly amusing Google ads that get posted on our site. Tonight, I saw one for “Bachelor’s Degree in Animation …
RES MAGAZINE
The July-August issue of RES Magazine (Vol. 8, No. 4) is a comics and animation issue. Subtitled DRAWN FROM LIFE, the magazine contains …
Monday Morning Inspiration: Melody
The Ward-O-Matic has an excellent post about Ward Kimball’s classic 1953 Disney short MELODY. The film is filled with incredible …
Rare 1950s animated shorts
Just for fun, here’s title cards for a few shorts which will be included in my forthcoming Chronicle book on 1950s animation design. It’s …
HAWKINS AND CHINIQUY
Jaime Weinman continues his analysis of Great Warner Bros. Animators on his Something Old, Nothing New blog. This time Emery Hawkins …
A MEATHAUS SKETCH BOOK
Those wacky cartoonists at Meathaus.com have created a 218 page sketchbook featuring 31 artists – including several pages by animators …
SD Con: It’s the Cat
Throughout next week, I’ll be doing some plugs for animation-related products and events at the upcoming Comic-Con International San …
NORM PRESCOTT R.I.P.
Norm Prescott, co-founder of FILMATION (pictured above at left with Hal Sutherland in the middle and Lou Scheimer at right), passed away …
JANET KLEIN
If you are in Hollywood tonight and are looking for things to do – I highly recommend you spend an evening with Janet Klein And Her …
RIP, Lou Hertz (1931-2005)
Louis O. Hertz, ASIFA-Atlanta president and a fixture of Atlanta’s animation scene, passed away from cancer on Monday, July 4. Hertz’s …
James Baxter Animation
JamesBaxterAnimation.com is up and running. The company’s mission statement: “James Baxter Animation is a new studio where the focus is …
Fiep Westendorp
SHEEP IN THE BIG CITY creator Mo Willems, who recently picked up his second Caldecott Honor for KNUFFLE BUNNY,writes in to let me know …
Lefor Openo
France’s equivalent of Mary Blair is not one, but two artists. Lefor Openo is the pseudonym of French illustrators Marie-Claire Lefort …
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