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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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)

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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 …

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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, …

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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, …

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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 …

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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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ENTERTAINMENT ART ACADEMY

Mike Mattesi is opening a new art school in Pasadena, ENTERTAINMENT ART ACADEMY. Stephen Silver will be there doing a lecture on Charater …

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COMIC CON 2006

I don’t know about you, but I just booked a hotel room for July 20-23 in downtown San Diego. Eleven months in advance.&#149 San Diego …

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London Bloggers

A couple days ago, I mentioned a couple new bloggers who work in the London animation scene: Gerben Steenks and Stephane Kardos. Now, two …

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BEHIND “CORPSE BRIDE”

We will be having a contest the week of September 12th relating to Tim Burton’s CORPSE BRIDE. Warner Bros. will be giving us prizes and …

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VALIANT

My expectations were so low for VALIANT, that I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed the film at an Asifa-Hollywood screening last …

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CANEMAKER’S WINSOR MCCAY

John Canemaker’s Winsor McCay – His Life and Art, his 1987 biography of the great newspaper cartoonist and pioneer animator, will be …

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RENEGADE COCOA PUFFS

Wanna see what Renegade Animation does when it isn’t working on PUFFY AMI YUMI?This spot for Cocoa Puffs combines cel animation and …

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NEXTOONS: DAY #3

My pick from last night’s competition: A SIXTY SECOND TRAGEDY by Dane Webster.&#149 Nextoons site

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