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Don Knotts, RIP
Don Knotts has passed away. He’ll always be remembered as Barney Fife and Raph Furley, though Knotts also had a lot of animation to his …
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A CAR-TUNE PORTRAIT
One of the hot things emerging on several cartoon blogs lately is the detailed deconstruction of classic animated features and shorts. By …
Inside SVA’s 3D Animation Program: Clubs, Studio Tours, And Industry Access
See how SVA’s 3D Animation and Visual Effects program uses studio tours, student clubs, and portfolio reviews to prepare artists for careers.
The New Yorker Cover That Wasn’t
This story is more about illustration than cartoons, but Bill Joyce is a familiar face in animation nowadays. He was the production …
THE LITTLE SHORT SIGHTED SNAKE
A new childrens short, The Little Short Sighted Snake, produced in Estonia and designed by Benjamin Bocquelet (of London’s uber-talented …
Evolution of a Disney Character
Master character designer Harald Siepermann has been doing some exceptional posts on his blog where he discusses how he arrived at the …
Animation Storytelling: The Pitch
Story artist Jenny Lerew has written another wonderful piece on animation storytelling, this time with a discussion of the story pitch, …
RARE ANIME FEATURE RESTORED
The Japan Times is reporting that the first post-war Japanese animated feature has been restored to its original 48 minute length.A …
“Remixing the Magic” in LA TIMES
Alex Chun has been writing some excellent animation/pop culture-related pieces for the LA TIMES in recent months, and his most recent …
I WANT MY MAYPO!
Homestat Farm, the current manufactuers of MAYPO (the maple flavored oatmeal cereal) are relaunching the product with an updated version …
The (Mis)Marketing of Feature Animation
The FPS MAGAZINE blog has a thought-provoking piece by Marc Hairston about how Disney – not having learned anything from their clumsy …
CHINA BANS SPACE JAM, ROGER RABBIT, COOL WORLD… etc.
I love this story in today’s DAILY VARIETY:Jessica Rabbit isn’t welcome in China — and Michael Jordan shouldn’t show up with any of his …
Happy Birthday, Nina Simone
Today is Nina Simone’s birthday (Feb. 21, 1933-April 21, 2003), and to commemorate the date, here’s a soulful stop-motion music video for …
Puffy Blog
The guys and gals of the HI HI PUFFY AMIYUMI crew at Renegade Animation have put up a blog HERE. There’s a lot of talented artists on the …
Dear Mr. Iger,
Now that you’ve returned a creative producer – an animator, no less – to head Disney Feature Animation and Imagineering, and you’ve …
HAPPY BIRTHDAY: ANIMATION 1906-2006
The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive has just noted that April 6th marks the 100th birthday of animation. James Stuart Blackton created …
Oswald South of the Border
Mexican reader Uriel Durán writes to let us know that Oswald is popular nowadays in Mexico, as well as Japan: The situation is that in …
MORE OSWALD
A week and a half later – and the Disney/Oswald Rabbit news just won’t die down! For those of you who need to get up to speed, two good …
Cartoon Brew Film of the Week: WELCOME TO GLARINGLY
There’s a lot of animation nowadays that has a retro-pixel look with blocky graphics. None I’ve seen execute the look as elegantly as the …
Aardman’s Johnnie Walker spot
This is an interesting, if not entirely successful, CG ad for Johnnie Walker produced by Aardman Animations. The one-minute spot brings …
BEST OF THE REST
Next Thursday night I will be giving a talk at the Van Eaton Galleries, discussing and screening some of the best non-Disney cartoons of …
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