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VINTON’S POPEYE
Animator Joel Brinkerhoff sent us some models for the POPEYE CG special when it was in development at Will Vinton Studios last year. …
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Articles of Note
A few interesting articles for today: here’s an INTERVIEW with background painter Ron Dias, who started at Disney during SLEEPING BEAUTY …
The Making Of Natalia Mirzoyan’s ‘Winter In March,’ An Oscar-Qualified Short Telling A Personal Story Of Resistance
‘Winter in March’ is a handcrafted film that uses soft materials to explore difficult, often painful subjects following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
LOONEY TUNES ON TCM
Heads up!On Friday, June 18th, Turner Classic Movies will devote a day to LOONEY TUNES IN HOLLYWOOD with cartoons, and the movies that …
SCRAPPYLAND
This news is just to exciting to hold: Harry McCracken is building a new website devoted to Columbia’s biggest original cartoon star – …
BLOW ME DOWN!
Here, without comment from me, is the first image of Mainframe’s CG POPEYE, from a forthcoming TV special written by comedian Paul …
Animation and Live-Action Working Together?
The upcoming mega-budget live-action monster movie VAN HELSING will be supported by an animated prequel released direct-to-DVD: VAN …
ANIMATOR AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Getting rave reader reviews on Amazon.com is Animatrix: A Female Animator, How Laughter Saved My Life By Heidi Guedel.I haven’t read the …
NOT A GOOD FRIDAY FOR EISNER
Just when you think it can’t get any worse for Michael Eisner:TIGGER starts groping Disney World patrons (via Orlando Sentinel)And an …
The Comics Journal: Special Edition
The new issue of THE COMICS JOURNAL: SPECIAL EDITION is well worth picking up. There are varying combinations of interviews with Al …
DePATIE INTERVIEW
Here’s an excellent interview with David DePatie (of DePatie-Freleng) by John Cawley which has just been posted on AWN.
HE-MAN GETS A MAKE-OVER
From an MTV press release:On May 17th, the animated comedy series “Ill-ustrated” will return to VH1. The half-hour series is based on the …
ASIFA’S VIRTUAL ARCHIVE
The International Animated Film Society (aka ASIFA-Hollywood) has embarked on an ambitious project to expand the offerings of the current …
DISNEY CLOSES JAPANESE STUDIO
As part of their worldwide effort to kill traditional hand drawn animation, Disney will fire its Japanese animators in June. Read about …
KILL BILL ANIME PREQUEL
According to Internal Correspondence Vol. 2 (aka ICv.2) Quentin Tarantino is planning to write and produce an anime feature film, which …
Proof That There’s No Greek Cartoon God
Last night, during one of Lewis Black’s rants on THE DAILY SHOW, he did a great bit on the two deformed lumps that are serving as the …
DOWNLOAD JAY WARD, UPA & HARVEYTOONS
Movielink, the broadband video-on-demand service, announced today it has launched a new “Cartoon Classics” section on its Web site …
DISNEY’S LAST DUD?
Financial website Motley Fool has posted this editorial by Rick Aristotle Munarriz, which asks “Remember when Disney’s golden animated …
The Next Big Thing…
MUCHA LUCHA! creators Eddie Mort and Lili Chin have figured out what the next big trend in animation will be: Christian anime! Of course …
The Death Of Hand-Drawn Animation (Again)
SaveDisney.com has posted a fine new editorial by animator Merlin Jones (a pseudonym obviously) who writes about how this is hardly the …
ASTRO BOY MONEY
You’ve heard of Disney Dollars?In Japan, it’s Astro Bucks!Tokyo’s Takadanobaba district will start using Astro Boy currency this week, …
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