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Books

Last Part of Amid’s Book Sale

I’ve posted the last part of my 2009 animation and cartoon book sale. Rare goodies straight ahead on the book sale page.

Comics

Disney’s Earth

This is from Tom Brazelton, who posts a new movie-themed webcomic three times a week at Theatre Hopper.com (Thanks, Jerrett Zaroski)

Animators

Cordell Barker on Runaway

Winnipeg animator Cordell Barker (The Cat Came Back, Strange Invaders) is back with a new film. Runaway will have its World Premiere at …

Books

Amid’s Animation Book Sale, Part II

I’m continuing the great animation book purge of 2009. Everything I posted earlier today is already sold, but I’ve just posted more cool …

Classic

“Yip” Harburg at Fleischer

Did you know songwriter E.Y. “Yip” Harburg (lyricist of The Wizard of Oz, Gay Purr-ee and much else) wrote material for the Max Fleischer …

Shorts

How to Make a Baby

Cassidy Curtis, an animator at PDI/DreamWorks, and his wife, Raquel Coelho, created this charming pixilated short that also serves as a …

Music Videos

We Got Time

I love this. Using both praxinoscopes and a technique of matching up the frame rate of the spinning record to that of the camera, …

Flash

Closed Zone by Yoni Goodman

Yoni Goodman, the director of animation for Waltz with Bashir, created this public service announcement for the human rights organization …

Business

Mighty Morphin’ Power Peddler

In case you haven’t been following news developments in the “real world”: Gawker is reporting that the “suspected Israeli operative” …

Books

Upcoming Disney Books

I got a peek at the latest Disney Book Group catalog, prepared for this week’s London Book Fair. There are plenty of things coming up …

Shorts

Animation with Food

Videokrauting, created by Italians Nicola Ferrarese, Corrado Agnese, Valentina Mantello and Marzia Pellegatta, is a tribute to videogames …

Classic

Coyote catches Road Runner

Speaking of Chuck Jones, an anonymous Argentinian Youtube user called “Lafacukur” recently uploaded a video of an edited version of the …

Animators

George Pal in Hollywood

George Pal came to America in 1940 with a contract to make animated shorts for Paramount. His Madcap Models (later Puppetoons) were a …

Animators

Homer Jonas on Facebook

Golden Age animation artist Homer Jonas (1928-1979) now has a Facebook fan page courtesy of his son, artist Jeff Jonas. The Facebook page …

Events

Call for Entries: Too Art for TV

Too Art for TV, the annual art show exhibiting the fine art work of New York’s animation community, is gearing up for its fourth edition. …

Business

David Stainton’s Website

When one thinks of David Stainton, the former president of Walt Disney Feature Animation, what are the first two descriptive terms that …

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