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Mike Carlo’s Cartoon Madness
Mike Carlo is an animator at Titmouse’s N.Y. Studio, and has been working on a bunch of his own short films…
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Rusty Mills, RIP
Veteran animator, producer and director Rusty Mills (Animaniacs, Pink Panther, Pinky and the Brain) has passed away.
Does A ‘CalArts Sensibility’ Exist?
A minority of CalArts alumni take great offense if you imply that the school’s illustrious Character Animation program has a recognizable sensibility…
“Pups of Liberty” by Bert and Jennifer Klein
Bert and Jennifer Klein’s independent short, produced in off hours by veteran Disney animators, is now available on DVD…
Everything We Do Is Animation
This video of plane landings by Cy Kuckenbaker has been quite the sensation this week, amassing over 1.7 million views…
New CROODS trailer – #2
Dreamworks’ The Croods will hit U.S. theaters on March 22nd, 2013. Here’s an advance look.
Mr. Burns Explains the “Fiscal Cliff”
We rarely – make that never – run promo clips from current series, but this one for The Simpsons was produced in record time
New Mel Blanc Bio Looks Like A Must-Have
The new biography Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices by Ben Ohmart starts shipping this week. Blanc created the voices…
“Who’s Afraid of Song Of The South?”
After a lot of blood, sweat and tears, Jim Korkis’ latest book about Disney’s Song of the South is ready for publication.
Fyodor Khitruk (1917-2012)
A major figure in the world of international animation, Fyodor Khitruk has passed away.
Annie Award Nominations 2012
The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, has announced the nominations for its 40th Annual Annie Awards.
A Roundtable With Animated Feature Directors
The LA Times conducted an hour-loung roundtable with the directors of five recent animated features: Mark Andrews…
Celebrate the Holidays with Ward Kimball
Even though there won’t be a Ward Kimball biography in time for Christmas, you can still celebrate the holidays with Ward. My Tumblr 365 …
Disney names Jennifer Lee co-director of “Frozen”
The news today from Disney annoucing the promotion of Jennifer Lee (Screenplay, Wreck-It Ralph) to co-director (with Chris Buck) of …
Bigger and Better: Revised Editions of “Magoo” and “Rankin-Bass”
Just in time for the holidays… I’ve received hard cover revised editions of two essential animation books. Both were must-have’s in …
Designer Nelson Lowry on ParaNorman
The producers at Laika created a series of brief behind-the-scenes virals to communicate the handmade production details that went into …
The Only Animation Holiday Gift Guide You’ll Ever Need
Looking for the perfect unique gift for that special animation nerd in your life? Or maybe you just want to give yourself a special …
Did Guardians “Underperform”?
First the good news: Dreamworks’ Rise of The Guardians opened this holiday weekend, grossing over $32 million dollars in five days, …
Mel Shaw (1914-2012)
The Disney History blog reports that Disney visual development artist Mel Shaw has passed away at the age of 97. He was born Melvin …
Advance Praise for the Book That Disney Doesn’t Want You To Read
This week was supposed to be the release date of my biography about artist, animator and director Ward Kimball. However, my publisher, …
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