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Animators

Carlos Ramos exhibit

The Corey Helford Gallery is preparing Natural History Museum Part I, an exhibition of new paintings by animator Carlos Ramos (The X’s, …

Comics

Dumm Comics Have Arrived

Skadi by Katie Rice and Luke Cormican Beautifully drawn cartoony comics are now available on a daily basis at Dumm Comics. The site …

Anime

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Madhouse’s 2006 film, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, is going to get a limited U.S. theatrical release next month through Bandai …

Cartoon Culture

Electronica Alice

“Alice” is an electronic piece of music by a young South African artist named Nick Bertke. He explains that “90% is composed using sounds …

Animators

Girls Drawin’ Girls Vol. 2

GirlsDrawinGirls are having their Volume 2 premiere show at The Hive Gallery, 729 S. Spring Street, in Los Angeles on June 7th. I’ve been …

Classic

The Last Terrytoons

The cartoons posted below are two semi-rare TV pilots. They are not particularly good and I direct you to them only for historical …

Internet/Blogs

Radio time!

In case you missed your chance several months ago, voice actress Janet Waldo (Judy Jetson, Penelope Pitstop, etc.) and animation writer …

Feature Film

Shocker of the Day

In this article Jeffrey Katzenberg talks about how little he knows about animation, which shouldn’t exactly come as news to anybody who’s …

Disney

Lunch with Disney’s “Alice”

This Saturday, May 24, 2008, Women in Animation will present a salon featuring Virginia Davis, the original star of Walt Disney’s Alice …

Animators

Three Interviews

Links to a few nice creator interviews I’ve recently run across: Wired offers a nice interview with Nina Paley in which she discusses …

Shorts

Duct Tape Animation

Duct tape + empty wall + 24 hours = Interesting animation experiment. (Thanks, Karl Cohen)

CGI

Making Sense of Speed Racer‘s Failure

Joe Morgenstern of the Wall Street Journal attempts to make sense of the spectacular box office failure of Speed Racer, which raced to …

Disney

Disney Music in Vancouver

The Telus World of Science in Vancouver, which I believe is a children’s museum, is hosting an exhibit called Disney: The Music Behind …

Classic

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. …

Books

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 …

Disney

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 …

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