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Cartoon Culture

Quickdraw Noir

Comedienne Merrill Markoe mashed up a Peter Lorre track from “M” with a Hanna Barbera cartoon, did her own English translation, and added …

Animators

Henry Selick leaves Laika

Oregon Live is reporting that Henry Selick is leaving his home base at Laika. The studio did not explain the departure other than to say …

Shorts

Yellow Cake

Three years in the making, and it looks damn good. Yellow Cake by Nick Cross – read his production blog and watch it here:

Ideas/Commentary

Kurt Vonnegut’s Rules

Kurt Vonnegut’s eight rules for writing short stories. With a few modifications, they also serve as a nice set of rules for makers of …

Shorts

Meddlen Meddows

Another cartoon Dennis and his Dad won’t be seeing on TV. From Cartoon Network’s aborted Cartoonstitute program, created and directed by …

Disney

Epic Mickey update

Back in July we posted about a new Nintendo game in development, Epic Mickey. Now, the November issue of Game Informer magazine has the …

Comics

Today’s Dennis

Today’s Dennis The Menace panel. Is this a swipe at prime time and cable cartoon shows? My caption would’ve been: “I remember when …

Experimental

Yarn and Lucky

Here are two non-narrative pieces that are quite pleasing to the eye. Adam Avilla and Tony Benna have joined forces to “try our might at …

Site News

Contest #1: Wallace’s voice?

Are you ready??What is the name of the actor who does the voice of “Wallace” in the Wallace and Gromit Films? THE CONTEST IS NOW …

Feature Film

The Apple and the Worm

Animator David Nethery pointed me toward this intriguing 2D animated feature coming from Denmark, The Apple & the Worm, directed by …

Classic

Random UPA Publicity 1951-1953

Here’s some show-and-tell. I found these odds and ends of UPA publicity at Cinecon, the classic movie convention held in Hollywood over …

Music Videos

Forget

Michael Fragstein directed this video for the group Vania and the Master. It looks even better in High Def. Fragstein produced it through …

Cartoon Culture

Ren and Stimpy Skewered

NY animator Chrissy Fellmeth recently got an awesome tattoo that seamlessly combines two of my biggest passions: cartoons and kebabs. …

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