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Phallic Sylvester by artist Daniel Edwards
“Fe, Fi, Fo Fat – I tawt I taw a puddy tat!” (a direct quote from Tweety and the Beanstalk, 1957). Yes, that’s what it looks like. It’s a …
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Mickey Mouse’s Cartoon Band
Long before the Firehouse Five Plus Two (not to mention Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band), Pinto Colvig (storyman, voice of Goofy) …
Rediscover Chris Lavis And Maciek Szczerbowski’s Oscar-Nominated NFB Gem ‘Madame Tutli-Putli’
A look back at the Oscar-nominated short and the innovative artistry of Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski, directors of ‘The Girl Who Cried Pearls.’
Nickelodeon Takes Its Canadian Licensing/Merchandising Business In-House
TORONTO/LONDON/NYC, 24 August 2011 – Nickelodeon Consumer Products (NCP), a division of Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) today …
John Lasseter To Be Honored with Variety’s Creative Leadership Award
LOS ANGELES, CA, AUGUST 25, 2011 — John Lasseter, Chief Creative Officer, Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios and Principal …
Syrian Cartoonist Ali Ferzat Savagely Beaten
This just might be every cartoonist’s worst nightmare: Syrian political cartoonist Ali Ferzat was kidnapped and later found bleeding on …
Hoho’s “Cloudbabies” Acquired by CBeebiees For 2012 Debut
London: Hoho Entertainment, [the company set up by Oliver Ellis and Helen Howells in January this year, has announced that pre-production …
Singapore’s Tiny Island to Work On “Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjggS1Fa7lI Singapore, (23rd August, 2011) — Tiny Island Productions, Singapore’s leading …
NFB Presents Impressive Selection of Films at the Ottawa International Animation Festival
Montreal, August 24, 2011 — The National Film Board of Canada heads to the 35th Ottawa International Animation Festival (September …
French Animation Company Xilam Hires Erick Rouillé as Executive VP of Sales
Award-winning French animation company Xilam has bolstered its international sales force, appointing Erick Rouillé to lead the …
Aniboom Virtual Studio Announces the Aniboom Animation Marketplace
NEW YORK — August 23, 2011 — Aniboom Virtual Studio, the world’s first virtual animation studio, has released a new service — …
Animated Sheet Music by Dan Cohen
Dan Cohen takes existing sheet music and animates it to the songs. The concept bears out the cliche that the best ideas are often the …
Duct Tape Tron
This funny new Duck Brand tape spot recreates the light cycle scene from the original Tron using duct tape, and features internet “Tron …
“AANAATT” by Max Hattler
Max Hattler’s “AANAATT”, a music video for Japanese artist Jemapur, is an abstract stop motion journey that disorients the viewer through …
Tweety’s lost titles
Here’s something I’ve never seen before – and you won’t be seeing it on DVD (or in color) anytime soon yourself. Cartoon historian David …
“An Abstract Day” by Oerd van Cuijlenborg
An Abstract Day is a 2009 experimental short by Dutch animator Oerd van Cuijlenborg that has just been posted on-line. The film uses …
Jewelry based on 20s/30s cartoon imagery
Inspired by black and white cartoons from the 1920s and 1930s, Paris-based web designer Tracey Polyflavor has been creating decorative …
“Aristocats” pencil test
Here’s something I haven’t seen before (pardon me if I skipped the Special Edition DVD): an early pencil test sequence from Disney’s The …
CBeebies Interstitial by Matthias Hoegg
To be sure, there’s a cute voice track in this interstitial for British children’s channel CBeebies, but the piece as a whole is charming …
A 60-Year-Old Article is More Relevant Than Ever
Ted Parmelee (pictured above, right) is perhaps best remembered today as the director of UPA’s The Tell-Tale Heart, but his career in …
Korean girls love Felix The Cat!
Check out this really cool Felix the Cat female tee-shirt line from Korean apparel maker Spao. Be sure to see the designs on all four …
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