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The Oscars: Animated Short Nominees
The nominees for BEST ANIMATED SHORT, announced today by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scienes, are: A Morning Stroll by …
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The Oscars: Animated Feature Nominees
The Oscar nominations were announced this morning. Nominated for BEST ANIMATED FEATURE were: A CAT IN PARIS – Jean-Loup Felicioli, …
Rebecca Sugar Returns To SVA To Celebrate ‘Lonely Magic’ Music
The ‘Steven Universe’ creator reunited with SVA alumni to celebrate ‘Lonely Magic,’ sharing music, animation insights, and a live performance.
Get Well, Myron Waldman!
Here’s a treat for Fleischer Studio aficionados. In 1935, animator Myron Waldman went to the hospital to have his appendix out. The …
News Around The Net for Monday, January 23, 2012
Cartoon Movie Announces Selections for 2012 Animated Features (AnimationMagazine) Italian Animator Bruno Bozzetto Announces New …
Guru’s “Nemesis” In Development at TELETOON
TORONTO, ON (January 19, 2012) — TELETOON launches development on Guru’s innovative new half hour animated kids series, Nemesis, …
IndustryWorks Launches First Animated Feature “Back To The Sea” In Canadian Theatres This Month
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgimC3DlDqQ Vancouver, BC -— IndustryWorks Pictures is pleased to announce that the theatrical …
Bingham Ray (1954-2012)
Allow me to go off topic (or slightly off topic) for a moment to pay tribute to an old friend, Bingham Ray (he’s at left in the photo …
“Matchstick” by Jeff Scher
Place some watercolors and crayons in the hands of Brooklyn-based filmmaker/animator Jeff Scher and you’ll get this mesmerizing (mostly) …
Joe Murray’s Kaboing Goes Kaput
Less than a year after its launch, Kaboing TV has come to a virtual standstill. Billed as “an alternative channel for quality animation …
Classy 1930s Animators
I stumbled upon this scan tonight and had to share. It’s a photo taken in 1936 by Ed Benedict at Walter Lantz Productions. It’s pure …
Restored Paramount “Noveltoons” on DVD
Okay, here is an unabashed plug for a video project near and dear to my heart. Animation archeologist/film-restoration hero Steve …
Patton Oswalt To Host 39th Annual Annie Awards on Saturday, February 4th
BURBANK, CA (January 23, 2012) — Patton Oswalt, who was recently nominated by the Chicago, Toronto and Los Angeles Film Critics’ …
Animated Fragments #16
FoxRetro X-Mas Spot by Váscolo (Argentina) Thor facial rig test in Softimage by Stephen McNally (Ireland) Strip Tease by …
A Plea to Save the Cartoon Animals From CG Remakes
Power Salad, a comedy duo comprised of Chris Mezzolesta and Craig Marks, created this awesomely geeky musical plea demanding that vintage …
Mickey Mouse Plate That Tries to Celebrate Drawing
Charles Kenny at the Animation Anomaly spotted these Mickey and Minnie Mouse plates at his local Target. They appear cool in that, “Look, …
Music Video Roundup #4
Stop Hurting by Gareth Axford for group Nova’s Basement. Set Loose Black Sail by Dave Brodsky Music Video for NY based rock …
Bert & Harry Piel
Just for fun – and thanks to Chuck Howell, the Archivist at University of Maryland’s Special Collections in Mass Media & Culture – we are …
Pink Panther WTF?
Pink Panther FAIL! I have no idea what they are selling, what they are doing or who made this insanity – and maybe its better not to …
TRAILER: “Oh Willy…” by Emma De Swaef & Marc James Roels
Oh Willy… is a short film about a porky guy who goes to care for his sick mother who lives in a nudist colony. It’s directed by Emma De …
Kids Book Series “N.E.R.D.S.” Set for Animated Feature Courtesy of Elton John’s Rocket Pictures
Deadline is reporting that the bestselling illustrated novel series N.E.R.D.S. by Michael Buckley is being developed as an animated …
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