There’s an interview with Andreas Deja in this week’s edition of the German magazine DER SPIEGEL. The 4-page piece is included in the …

In early 1928, when Walt Disney lost Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and most of his staff to producer Charles Mintz, he retaliated, with the …

Tee Bosustow is tweaking his UPA website again. It’s worth dropping by for the temporary animated main page featuring original Art Babbit …

This is exciting – a new animation studio specializing in hand-drawn animation started by one of the top animators of recent times. Back …

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A friend of mine, record collector & music historian Michael Kieffer, sent me some scans of some animation related rareties in his …

This story appeared in several papers today – but since subscription is required, we’ll post it complete below:Cut From the Oscars: …

The Los Angeles Times posted an editorial today with their opinion about Warner Bros. plans to update the Looney Tunes: Th-Th-at’s Not …

Mike Barrier has posted the full text of his interview with Brad Bird on his website MichaelBarrier.com and it’s a highly recommended …

Michael Barrier writes about THE INCREDIBLES in today’s L.A. Times.

Tulips Shall GrowFor the last three years, you can usually find me and Marea on Monday nights hanging out at the Academy of Motion …

Pssst! Hey, Bud! C’mere… Here’s a good tip: for the next four hours – till midnight Eastern Time (9pm Pacific) – you can download three …

A reminder that tomorrow afternoon (Saturday February 26th at 3pm) I am hosting an Asifa-Hollywood program devoted to the rarely-seen ABC …

Harry McCracken laments the loss of the former Fleischer Studios building in New York – 1600 Broadway – with pictures, at Harry-Go-Round.

MR. BUG GOES TO TOWN (1941), Max Fleischer’s second and arguably best animated feature film, is considered a classic by animation buffs – …

Lili Chin has a report on Toy Fair in New York City and Ronnie del Carmen writes about WonderCon in San Francisco. Good reading and pics.

Looks like Christopher Hart may have some new competition. Behold, animation and drawing lessons from Klasky Csupo. What’s next – singing …

Amazon has enabled the “Search Inside This Book” feature on my recently published book, THE ART OF ROBOTS, and because a handful of names …

Recent CalArts grad J.J. Villard is having his first LA solo exhibition at Cirrus Gallery (542 S. Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013). …

Tom Neely, director of BROTHER, CAN YOU SPARE A JOB?, wrote in about yesterday’s post, which included the Bird cover by David Stone …