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“Guernica” in CG
Lena Grieseke created this 3D “exploration” of Picasso’s famed painting “Guernica.” In the description of the project, Grieseke writes …
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Froot Loops
There is nothing particularly special about the two Kelloggs’ Froot Loops commercials posted below, except that my colleague Leslie …
PerfectLand by Ben Meinhardt
PerfectLand is an oddly appealing series of Flash-animated shorts created for MTV by Ben Meinhardt. I’ve embedded the first one below and …
The Art of Pixar’s Short Films
A while back I mentioned briefly on this site that I had been offered an opportunity to write a book for Pixar, and today I thought I’d …
Clokey-Orr-Lee
The local monthly Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles Comic Con has three great guests lined up for the May 4th show. Trixie herself, Corrine …
John Canemaker on Ollie Johnston
Oscar winning animator, animation historian and author of Disney’s Nine Old Men, John Canemaker sent in this tribute to Ollie …
Disney’s Gettin’ Lazy
Disney’s reuse of past animation is nothing new. But seeing these sequences in motion, one scene followed by its subsequent reuse, is …
Björk’s “Wanderlust” by Encyclopedia Pictura
Björk’s new music video for the song “Wanderlust” is AMAZING! It’s a staggeringly original mix of live-action, stop motion, CG and …
Cool Animated Titles
If you are a fan of animated opening titles, as I am, you’ll want to take note of these three items: • A special tribute to Bob …
Bakshi Talk
Tied in to the release of the new book about his life, BlackBook magazine offers a no-holds-barred interview with Ralph Bakshi. I’m not a …
2007 Award Finalist: The Hanna Barbera Treasury
I just found out that my Hanna Barbera Treasury has become a finalist in ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Awards. Before we get …
The Bear That Wasn’t (1967)
I just finished reading the new Maurice Noble biography Stepping Into The Picture by Robert McKinnon and am working up a review of it. In …
101 Farting Dalmatians?
An animator/director friend, who asked to remain anonymous, emailed me with a bizarre observation: that Disney is adding fart gags to …
The Space Explorers
Research into the origins of the serialized feature The Space Explorers, by folks who grew up obsessed with it from TV viewings in the …
A Tale of Old Whiff
(click on the image above to see more of this model sheet) With so much attention being paid nowadays to film gimmickry like …
Leonard Maltin’s Movie Crazy
If you haven’t been a regular reader of Leonard Maltin’s website or his quarterly newsletter – both named Movie Crazy – you should be. …
A Book About Golden Books
Golden Legacy: How Golden Books Won Children’s Hearts, Changed Publishing Forever, and Became An American Icon Along the Way is a book …
The Colored Cartoon
I just got a copy of Christopher Lehman’s latest book, The Colored Cartoon: Black Representation in American Animated Short Films. …
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