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A Monster of a Review
A prominent Pixar animator emailed me last night with the subject header “This is real” and a link to this must-read-to-believe SAN …
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NEW BOOK ON STOP MOTION
Who says Stop-Motion is dead? I just got Ken Priebe’s great new book The Art of Stop-Motion Animation, and it pretty much details, step …
Re:Anima Joint Master In Animation Has Opened A New Call For Applications
The program offers an intensive two-year exploration of animation from an artistic perspective in Ireland, Belgium, or Portugal.
COMIC CON RECAP #2: BECK INTROS SMIGEL
One of the highlights of the San Diego Comic Con this year was my chance to play straight man for comic genius Robert Smigel. That’s me …
UNDERDOG CREATOR IN PERSON
Buck Biggers, co-creator of Underdog, Tennessee Tuxedo, King Leonardo and the Go-Go Gophers, will appear in-person at the monthly Los …
John K. Saves San Francisco!
The cult of John K. comes to the Bay Area.The Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco is hosting a presentation by John Kricfalusi this …
Music Video by Louis-Philippe Eno
“Montreal -40°C” is a recent music video directed by Louis-Philippe Eno for the Montreal band Malajube. It doesn’t break much new …
Amid’s San Diego Report
I could write about everything that happened in San Diego during my two-day Con visit, but nothing could possibly say as much as this …
COMIC CON RECAP #1
Here’s the first of several posts on a few of the experiences I had, and some of the stuff I got, at the San Diego Comic Con 2006. Above …
COMIC CON: WORST CARTOONS EVER
I want to thank everyone who showed up last Friday night at the Comic Con for my annual WORST CARTOONS EVER screening. You haven’t lived …
Animation History Gone Awry
Mark Mayerson rips apart the new book CREATORS: FROM CHAUCER AND DURER TO PICASSO AND DISNEY by British historian and journalist Paul …
Ottawa Selections Announced
The Ottawa International Animation Festival is right around the corner and the selections for its 2006 edition were announced last week. …
MONDAY MORNING INSPIRATION: Sam Cobean
Chuck Jones once said in an interview that when he wanted to draw believable human characters, he would pattern his drawing after Sam …
RUFUS RESTORED!
This is the biggest animation history find since fragments of Elmo Aardvark began appearing in the 1990s! Two copies of the long lost, …
WE ARE THE STRANGE
Here’s an odd one.We are the Strange is an independent animated feature film about “two outcasts caught in the middle of a deadly battle …
GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE 2007
Just what we need – a revival of Jay Ward’s animated classic, George of the Jungle. However, a new series currently in production is …
SDCC: JERRY BECK
One more time: Here’s where you can meet me at Comic-Con International: San Diego today (Thursday), tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday:RANDOM …
How Much Will That Film Make?
Animation Guild president Kevin Koch has written a fascinating post on the Guild blog about how to predict an animated film’s final box …
Spongebob in Beirut
Question: What does a Lebanese cartoonist do while he’s dodging bombs being dropped on him in Beirut? Answer: He watches SPONGEBOB and …
A (12-Year-Old) Bob Clampett Caaar-tooon!
In the 1920s, some kids around the Los Angeles area contributed drawings and stories to “The Junior Times” which was an insert of the LA …
SDCC: Animation Blast 9
Ok folks, the news that everybody’s been waiting for! ANIMATON BLAST #9 will debut in San Diego this week!!! It’s been a long four years …
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