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“Happiness Is A Warm Blanket”
Last summer I moderated a panel at the San Diego Comic Con for Happiness is a Warm Blanket, the first new Peanuts special in five years. …
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Ralph Bakshi Interviewed in “BOMB”
Just found out about this great interview with Ralph Bakshi that appeared in BOMB magazine. It’s available to read on-line. Smart …
Artists Behind ‘Frozen,’ ‘Corpse Bride,’ And ‘Up’ Teach Character Design In New Course From The Creators U
Five leading designers share practical exercises, drawing demonstrations, and lessons from creating characters like Ellie and Sadness.
“Mr. Freeman” Is The Most Popular Russian Cartoon You’ve Never Heard Of
Mr. Freeman is a philosophical Web series from Russia that apparently has been causing quite a stir since it debuted a year and a half …
“The Deep” by PES
PES’s latest short, The Deep was created for Showtime’s new “Short Stories” initiative, which should be abundantly clear since Showtime …
Happy 70th Birthday, Hayao Miyazaki!
Happy birthday to Japan’s most successful and influential animated filmmaker of all time, Hayao Miyazaki, who turns 70 today! I’ll take …
Letterheady
In the decades before email and the internet, people actually wrote letters on physical pieces of paper. I know it’s hard to believe, but …
“Laufzeit” by David Seidewitz and Florian Tscharf
Laufzeit (Runtime) is a stop-motion short created by David Seidewitz and Florian Tscharf at Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State …
Are 200 Episodes of SpongeBob Enough?
A notable accomplishment: SpongeBob SquarePants has been renewed for a ninth season. The order for twenty-six new episodes, due to begin …
TONIGHT in LA: “Fantastic Planet” with live score
The first Tuesday of every month I host Animation Tuesdays at the Cinefamily. This month an encore performance of René Laloux’s trippy …
“I’ve Got Your Number” by Hannes/Johannes
If you like strange and freaky, I’ve got your number. Hannes Elltorp (animation & effects) and Johannes Helgelin (story & art) of …
Nickelodeon Announces Ninth Season of Animated Mega-Hit SpongeBob SquarePants, Reaching Series’ Landmark 200th Episode
26 New Episodes of 2010’s Top Animated Kids’ and Tweens’ Program Will Roll Out in 2012 BURBANK, Calif., Jan. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — …
“The Art of Drowning” by Diego Maclean
The Art of Drowning, Diego Maclean’s 2009 graduation film from Emily Carr University, is finally on-line. The short, which had a …
Stuart Ng Books on MSNBC
An MSNBC video segment about my friend Stuart Ng, the proprietor of Stuart Ng Books. In certain animation and illustration circles, his …
“Beauty and The Beast” and “Lion King” coming in 3D
Disney Home Entertainment announced its plans to release 15 movies in 3D Blu-ray in 2011. Among the fifteen are a pair of 3D-conversions …
Homer reacts to Cartoon Brew
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Happy New Year (Again)
Greetings from Anatoly Belikov in Ekaterinburg, Russia. The rabbit says, “New year has come! Old year go away!” Art Grootfontein in …
“Train of Thought” by Leo Bridle & Ben Thomas
I love films made with paper cut-outs. Here’s a really amazing one by students Leo Bridle & Ben Thomas, Train of Thought – their …
Mouth-Watering, Eye-Popping, Incredible 3-D
I can’t wait to continue NOT seeing any of these films in 3-D during 2011:
How Jeffrey Katzenberg Convinced Me To Drop Out of CalArts
Katzenberg (left) speaking at CalArts last October (Photo via 24700 blog) Good read: a delightfully bizarre blog post from last …
“Mythology” by Daniel Jervis, Javier Inga and Ricardo Jurado
In ancient Greece, Zeus’ spoiled little girl shows us how the famous mythological creatures were really created. Mythology was …
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