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TOMORROW IN NY: Pitching Panel
Tomorrow evening, ASIFA-East is presenting the panel Animation Development: From Pitch to Production. It’s moderated by David Levy, whose …
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The Roadrunner Story
Once again, Martha Sigall explains it all: For more Martha, buy her book Living Life Inside the Lines.
Sony and Frederator to develop Animated Movies
Get your feature film pitches ready. The Hollywood Reporter just announced that Sony Pictures Animation and Frederator Studios have …
Luxo sues Pixar/Disney
Poetic justice – or inevitable? The Los Angeles Times reports that the Norwegian lamp maker is suing over non contractual uses of its …
“My Favorite Way” video directed by Marck Al
“My Favorite Way” is a colorful and visually inventive video for Black Drawing Chalks directed by Marck Al at the Brazilian studio …
“A Nose” by Mordi Gerstein
WOW! A real rarity today. It’s A Nose, an animated short from 1966 directed and designed by Mordi Gerstein (who prior to this had worked …
Children’s Books by Animation Artists
2009 appears to be the year of illustrated books by animation artists. It’s hard to keep track there are so many of them. Below are some …
Thomas the Transformer
Here’s a film I’d pay good money to see. Megatron kicking Thomas in his Tank Engine caboose. Until then, I’ll have to be content with …
Notes from the Comic Con
I’m just back from “Comic Con” aka the San Diego Comic Con (for the record, I refuse to call it Comic Con International) and, all said …
SDCC ’09: The Animation Panels (Thursday and Friday)
Here is the first of Cartoon Brew’s guides to the 2009 San Diego Comic Con. These are only my recommended animation panels for Thursday …
2009 Holiday Animation
For Thanksgiving: Planet 51 is lookin’ a whole lot better in this new trailer. As for Christmas: Furry Porn! You know …
Who was Walt Disney?
Forget Barrier and Gabler, I found the real deal at the Columbus airport bookstore this weekend. The haunting cover art of Who Was Walt …
Toy Movies
Where Dan Meth sees Hollywood updates of classic toy and cartoon properties going. He’s not far off: (Thanks, Sterling Sheehy)
The Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius of Comics
The Art of Harvey Kurtzman: The Mad Genius of Comics by Denis Kitchen and Paul Buhle easily ranks among my favorite cartoon/comic-related …
The story behind Underdog
If Jay Ward, Hanna Barbera and Rankin-Bass rate biographical tomes, certainly the output of Total Television deserves a historical …
OT: Will Friedwald donates his record collection
Here’s an update on the doings of my old colleague and friend Will Friedwald (my co-author on Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A …
Up Color Keys
The infamous Lou Romano has been posting much inspirational art from Up on his blog. I don’t know if this is material featured in …
Hidden Oswald in UP Little Golden Book
This has to be the most trivial post I’ve ever written – and I’ve written some pretty trivial posts – but at least it gives me the chance …
“The Trouble With Lou”
Pixar’s Teddy Newton produced and co-wrote (with director Gregor Joackim) an independent live action feature, The Trouble with Lou, in …
What’s Up: Balloon to the Rescue!
I haven’t seen UP yet, mostly owing to the fact that there aren’t any local theaters showing it in a regular non-eye pain inducing …
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