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Animation Auction
Ron Stark of S/R Laboratories in Westlake Village, California, sent me his latest animation auction catalog and it’s loaded with goodies. …
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Today’s Book Look
One more plug for the The 2nd annual Animation Book Look this afternoon in Sherman Oaks. The Creative Talent Network and Van Eaton …
Award-Winning 2D Animation Tips From The 2024 Cartoon Animator Contest
Learn nine pro techniques from 2024 Cartoon Animator contest winners to boost your 2D animation skills with creative rigs and smart motion tools.
German Car Commercials starring Tom & Jerry
In case you were wondering what Tom & Jerry were doing: Here they are selling cars – in Germany! I’m sorry, but these commercials …
Disney History 1984-2008
Ryan Peterson, a student of Media Studies at Vassar College, created this mini-film (technically an animatic) about the Michael Eisner …
Waltz with Bashir, An Animated War Documentary
While DreamWorks debuted its umpteenth cookie-cutter ‘hip’ animal comedy, Kung Fu Panda, at the Cannes Film Festival this past week, it’s …
Upcoming Chronicle Books
I received the Fall/Winter 2008 Chronicle Books catalog yesterday, and there are a few animation-related books that should be of interest …
Forces Of Good
Forces of Good is a fun blog that I would plug even if its writer Stefan Blitz didn’t just post an interview with me. Blitz has also …
Wall-E Builders
Talk about dedicated cartoon buffs. There’s a group of Pixar fanatics who are spending months building their own life-size replicas of …
Chomet’s Illusionist footage to debut at Cannes
(click for full-size image) The Hollywood Reporter notes that the first footage from Sylvain Chomet’s The Illusionist will debut this …
Inside UPA Update
It’s been a while since I’ve posted an update on my latest book Inside UPA but there’s a couple important reasons to write about it now. …
The Disney Girls
I’m fascinated by the continually emerging stories of women who worked in creative positions at Disney during its Golden Age. Women …
Woodies with Walter Lantz
Back before Walter Lantz created Woody Woodpecker, he liked to draw ‘woodies’ of a different kind. Animator Marc Deckter offers an …
Remembering Joe Grant
Today is Joe Grant’s 100th birthday (or the 100th anniversary of his birth). Howard Green sent us these pix with a note, “He passed away …
Bolt Character Designs
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words, but unfortunately, none of those words are appropriate for printing on this blog. Even …
Orderly Confusion by Rob Bohn
I saw a lot of films that I enjoyed last week at the SVA student animation show. One of my favorites was Rob Bohn’s Orderly Confusion, a …
Fox Launches Inkubator Shorts Program
This Variety article explains how 20th Century Fox TV and Fox Broadcasting Co. are launching Fox Inkubator, a new inititative designed to …
Portishead Videos by Nick Uff
Nick Uff’s new videos for Portishead songs “The Rip” and “We Carry On” are two of my favorite pieces of animation so far this year. This …
Analyzing the Greatest Game of Baseball Ever
Forget the Cubs vs. Indians. This is the big game!
Southwest Airlines watches Kids TV
The illustration above appears in the latest issue of Southwest Airlines inflight Spirit Magazine. This month the magazine has a fun …
VOICST Music Video by Fons Schiedon
Dutch director and animator Fons Schiedon, previously featured on Cartoon Brew and quickly becoming a favorite director of mine, just …
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