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Hand Carved Animation
We’ve seen animation with sand, with pin screens, and made by scratching directly on raw film. Here’s something new: Printed Linomation. …
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Michael Jackson’s auction
Good news — especially if you are a Disney Peter Pan fanatic. In case you haven’t heard, Michael Jackson (“The King of Pop”) is …
Re:Anima Joint Master In Animation Has Opened A New Call For Applications
The program offers an intensive two-year exploration of animation from an artistic perspective in Ireland, Belgium, or Portugal.
Glen Keane Interview
The new-ish animation blog Lineboil offers up a fine interview with Glen Keane, in which he talks about his preference for pencil over …
Meet Michel Ocelot in San Francisco
French animator Michel Ocelot (Kirikou And The Sorceress) will be visiting the San Francisco Bay Area this week to attend the opening of …
Dwarf Fight by Bill Tytla
This sequence of drawings by Bill Tytla from Snow White is a reminder of what attracted me to animation in the first place. Tytla’s …
Drux Flux by Theodore Ushev
The National Film Board of Canada has made Theodore Ushev’s powerful 2008 short Drux Flux available on YouTube. This is a film that …
Disney Studios, 1959
Last month Burbank city officials removed a 50-year-old miniature time capsule that was encased in concrete in the Magnolia Bridge in …
Looney Tunes 1941-42 pressbook
Here’s something I’ve never seen before, a 1941 pressbook for Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts. I’m a nut for stuff …
B-Boy Mickey
The good news about beginning Monday with this video is that the rest of my posts this week are guaranteed to be better. (Thanks, …
USC Animation Screening
The University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts is presenting an open screening on Thursday (3/5) showcasing the latest …
Harry Happy (1963)
I got such a good reaction to the previous 1960s Paramount cartoon that I posted last week, I couldn’t resist torturing you with …
Banjo, the Woodpile Cat
The 2D animation renaissance of the 1990s began in the 1980s. Did any one movie or TV show begin it – or was it the combination of the …
Alice’s Birthday released in Russia
This cute looking 2D animated feature, which I posted about last October, opened theatrically this week in Russia. An interview with …
Bosko doll
Warner Bros. cartoon art collector Eric Calande recently acquired this item through an antique dealer – a Bosko doll. Click thumbnails …
Big Man Japan
I’ll be first in line for this. A crazy new Japanese CGI/Live action film, opening in March from Magnet Releasing:
Mickey-Luke meet Minnie-Leia
As a post-script to our last post: If foot-long raging Mickey’s don’t turn you on, then how about these Star Wars/Disney statues (click …
One-Foot Runaway Brain Mickey Toy
Good news: Japanese toy maker Medicom Toy produced this handsome 12″ Mickey Mouse vinyl toy based on the 1995 short Runaway Brain. Bad …
The 3-D Onslaught
Coraline was the first time I’d seen a film in 3-D in a very long time, and while I enjoyed the film immensely, the 3-D technology was a …
The Cat Piano Trailer
Here’s the stylish trailer for The Cat Piano, a just-completed animated short by our friends at the People’s Republic of Animation in …
Bugs Bunny for Yellow Pages
This video is a lot of fun. It’s a 30 second spot for The Yellow Pages, circa 1971, featuring Bugs Bunny (animated by Robert McKimson?), …
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