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Get Plastered with Plympton and Lasseter
When I think of the alcohol of choice for animators, I typically don’t think wine, but a number of animation artists are becoming …
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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. …
WIA NYC Animation Festival Returns For Third Year, Celebrating Animation And Community
On November 1, WIA NYC will showcase 28 animated films by emerging students and established independent filmmakers at SVA Theatre.
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 …
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 …
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