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Magic Moving Images
I was going to post about Collin Ord’s forthcoming book Magic Moving Images: Animated Optical Illusions, but he’s posted a (silent) video …
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Disney In Deutschland
For those of you who were disturbed by our post of Bimbo in Israel, here’s the flip side of the coin. Currently playing in San …
Artists Behind ‘Frozen,’ ‘Corpse Bride,’ And ‘Up’ Teach Character Design In New Course From The Creators U
Five leading designers share practical exercises, drawing demonstrations, and lessons from creating characters like Ellie and Sadness.
Variety: Ratatouille Rave Review
Variety has posted the first trade review of Ratatouille – and it’s a rave. “After the superhero spoof of “The Incredibles” and the …
Weather Man
Soundac was the Miami Florida animation studio that did commercials, station IDs, and most famously, the first color cartoon for TV …
Goodbye Toucan Sam
An era has ended. Kellogg’s has announced it will no longer market its sugared cereals to children. Kellogg’s also said it would stop …
Go see “Surf’s Up”
Last night Asifa-Hollywood had a screening of Surf’s Up and I moderated an enjoyable Q&A with Ash Brannon and several key members of the …
The Horrors
This a bit disturbing – but I like it. A new music video from UK punk bank The Horrors, She’s The New Thing, Directed by Corin Hardy.
Eddie studies Clampett Inbetweens
Is anyone employed in the U.S. as an “inbetweener” anymore? Has the computer taken that over, too? Our pal Eddie Fitzgerald has …
Way Out Junk
Eye candy and ear wax. Tony from Way Out Junk has amassed a treasure trove of obscure, offbeat children’s records, mainly from the …
Bimbo in Israel
Not sure if Max Fleischer would approve. Bimboim’s Trip to the Western Wall has screened in New York, and film festivals in Belgium …
Vending Machine Red!
In Japan, Coca Cola has started airing a set of non sequitur comedy skits starring a giant Coke Machine wandering around Tokyo. …
Rick & Steve
What hath South Park wrought? Rick & Steve debuts on the Logo cable channel July 10th. A sneak preview clip is posted here.
Columbia’s Barney Google
One of the “Holy Grails” amongst us cartoon historians is the series of four Barney Google cartoons produced in Technicolor by Columbia …
Vaudeville by Chansoo Kim
New week, new film on CartoonBrewFilms. This week, it’s Vaudeville by Chansoo Kim. The film’s subject matter is heavy—the …
UPA-NY TV Spots Donated To MoMA
It was just a couple weeks ago that I was lamenting on the Cartoon Modern blog the unavailability of the UPA commercials. Today I have …
Jerry @ Platform
In two weeks, the Platform International Animation Festival will commence in Portland Oregon. Amid and I will both be there, and I urge …
Brew Radio on Wednesday
Brewmaster Jerry Beck will be broadcasting again, live on Shokus Internet Radio this Wednesday June 13th from 4pm to 6pm Pacific time …
Meet Andreas Deja
Andreas Deja is not only one of the best of the current generation of Disney animators, he’s one of the most passionate voices on the …
Audrey in Spanish
Kali Fontecchio posts a Little Audrey comic story (in Spanish) drawn by animator Steve Muffatti.
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