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2007 Animated Short Oscar Shortlist
Circulating amongst animators this week was the shortlist of possible Oscar nominees in the Animation Short Film category. The final …
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THE 50 GREATEST CARTOONS
Here’s a Christmas treat from the bloggers at CityRag. They found the Wikipedia list, taken from my 1994 book, of The 50 Greatest …
SVA’s Computer Arts Community Shines At SIGGRAPH 2025
SVA’s MFA Computer Arts program made a strong impact at SIGGRAPH 2025, with student volunteers, alumni, and faculty contributing throughout the conference.
Walt Disney Goes To War
The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive has posted an amazing 1942 LIFE magazine article about the Disney Studios during WWII. Lots of …
Top 50 Music Videos of 2006
DoCopenhagen has compiled a list of their top 50 music videos of 2006 with a YouTube link to each video. Plenty of animation throughout. …
Good Deal Alert: Adult Swim Shows On Sale
No idea how long this is going to last but Amazon is offering a major discount (70% off) on dvd sets of various Adult Swim series. The …
An Unexpected CG Animator
Can you guess who this quote is from: I have a number of figures that are caricatures of me with an extra-big nose and a longer chin, …
How To Make An Animated Feature
You won’t find a funnier commentary about the pathetic creative state of American animated features than this short called OUTSIDE THE …
More Kaj Pindal
Following our mix-up about Kaj Pindal, we received an email from Michael Carter, Pindal’s producer and partner on the new animated series …
Restoring Santa and Rudolph
The boys and girls at one of my favorite stop-motion studios, Screen Novelties, were recently assigned an unlikely task: restoring the …
BILL AND SUE KROYER’S ARROW
Right after the production of FERNGULLY: THE LAST RAINFOREST (1992), Bill and Sue Kroyer attempted to produce a noir-ish action-adventure …
Zagreb Film
What happens when a bunch of young animation artists are given their own animation studio and assigned to create hundreds of animated …
Call for Help: Warner Bros. Cartoon History
French animation history Didier Ghez, publisher of the indispensable WALT’S PEOPLE interview series, has started working on a new book …
BARRIER’S BACK!
Michael Barrier returned to his blog yesterday with a lengthy review of Neal Gabler’s WALT DISNEY. Barrier’s been putting the finishing …
Kaj Pindal Alive and Well
photo by Fatkat Animation Studios Earlier today, I ran an item about Kaj Pindal’s passing, but as many have emailed, he is, in fact, …
SUGAR, SUGAR
The Archie Show was one of the biggest hit TV cartoons of the late 60s/early 70s. And the Archie Comics company has been pretty good …
DISNEY TREASURES
Today’s the day the annual “wave” of Disney Treasures come out. Leonard Maltin produces these compilations, and discusses the contents of …
REMEMBERING JOSEPH BARBERA (1911-2006)
Caricature by Patrick Owsley This post will be continually updated with stories and remembrances about Joseph Barbera (1911-2006). …
JOESEPH BARBERA (1911-2006)
Word is circulating around Hollywood today that Joe Barbera has passed away. UPDATE (3:29 pm): The sad news has just been confirmed by …
Santa Now A “Disney Character”
The BBC reports that at DisneyWorld in Florida, park officials told a man that he would have to leave the park if he didn’t stop looking …
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