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Classic

Popeye in 3-D??

I found this on You Tube. Someone took a public domain Popeye cartoon and created a anaglyph 3D version of it… or tried to. It’s not …

Feature Film

Tarsem’s The Fall

I saw an unexpectedly great live-action film last night–Tarsem’s The Fall (view the trailer here). The film’s production design is …

Feature Film

Advertising Kung Fu Panda

Is this bus stop ad from Norway part of the official DreamWorks marketing campaign or did they receive some assistance from the public? …

Shorts

Pools Stokbrood by Daan

Pools Stokbrood is an amusing one-minute short directed by Daan based on a text by Russian surrealist and absurdist poet Daniil Kharms. …

Books

Seaweed and the Cure for Mildew

Ben Balistreri, currently a storyboard artist at Dreamworks on How to Train Your Dragon, and a character designer and board artist for …

Events

Animation Attack! in Atlanta

As part of the Atlanta Underground Film Festival, ASIFA-Atlanta will be presenting Animation Attack!. The three-screening series takes …

CGI

Revisiting the Uncanny Valley

The UK Times got duped into running an article about one company’s claims that their animation has leapt the Uncanny Valley. The video …

Cartoon Culture

Mapping Springfield

Even for someone like myself who hasn’t seen a new episode of The Simpsons in years, it’s hard not to be impressed by the obsessive …

Animators

Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood

Chuck Jones (1912-2002) sketches himself as a boy “conducting the ocean” in a new documentary short directed by Peggy Stern, Chuck Jones: …

TV

Michael Eisner, Cartoon Creator

Michael Eisner has launched a new animation company called Tornante Animation. And he’s created his own animated series. And …

Shorts

The Best of The Best!

A heads-up for animation fans stuck in L.A. over Labor Day weekend. Bill Plympton will present The Best of The Best: An Animated Evening …

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