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Books

Hans Bacher’s Dream Worlds

A happy note to close out this year’s animation book releases: Hans Bacher’s eagerly anticipated book about animation production design, …

Classic

Happy 70th, Snow White!

Today marks the 70th anniversary of the release of Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Two worth-a-glance articles about the film’s …

Classic

Woody Woodpecker Volume 2

I’m happy to announce the April 15th 2008 release date of The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection: Volume 2. The …

Animators

Jack Zander (1908-2007)

Mark Mayerson has informed us that animator Jack Zander has passed away at age 99. Zander cut his teeth as an animator at Van Beuren, …

Events

Jerry on Stu’s Show Today

Brewmaster Jerry Beck will be broadcasting once again, live on Shokus Internet Radio today, Wednesday December 19th from 4pm to 6pm …

CGI

When Angry Animation Students Attack

Colin Sanders, a game development student at UOIT, was frustrated by the quality of instruction in his animation class. Below is the …

Events

This Week: Light Up Bristol

Folks in Bristol, England are getting a spectacular large-scale animation show this week. The event, Light Up Bristol, which projects …

Animators

David O’Reilly

CG filmmaker David O’Reilly (RGBXYZ) has redone his website DavidOReilly.com and also posted an enticing trailer for his new short Serial …

Events

Cartoon Dump News

The photo above is from our Halloween show in October. Don’t ask me to explain. Needless to say Cartoon Dump continues on every month …

Classic

Viking Eggeling

I’m currently reading Matthew Gale’s Dada & Surrealism, an entertaining and authoritative primer on two of the most important, yet …

Advertising

Laika Mac Commercial

Sweet! Check out this nice little commercial Christmas card for Apple, now up on the apple website www.apple.com. It was directed and …

Cartoon Culture

Looney Tunes as Foreplay?

A New York area casanova who seduces the ladies with Looney Tunes? Gawker.com has the NSFW details. (Thanks, Anne D. Bernstein)

Feature Film

Sweeney Todd titles

The moody (and primarily CG) opening titles to Tim Burton’s latest film, Sweeney Todd, have been posted exclusively on Broadway World.com

Feature Film

Variety on Animation

FYI: Today’s Daily Variety has a special section focusing on animation. The print edition has a cool faux-celluloid cover advertising The …

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