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Cartoon Network finally announces the new Looney Tunes
Cartoon Network unveiled their new line-up of content today at its annual Advertising Upfront presentation at New York’s Time Warner …
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Harvey Kurtzman and Sesame Street
Michael Sporn has posted an amazing article about Harvey Kurtzman’s animated work for Sesame Street. There’s a lot of rare artwork in the …
Gene Deitch: Quo Vadis Animation?
Veteran animation director Gene Deitch and his wife Zdenka were invited to the Xiamen International Animation Festival (Oct. 30th-Nov. …
New Van Beuren DVDs
Animation historian and cartoon archeologist Steve Stanchfield is back with another double header of rare 1930s cartoons from the …
My Trip To Korea
I just got back from Seoul, Korea, where I spoke at a conference called DICON 2009, a digital conference that was part of the …
Sheridan Instructor Attempts Art Criticism (and Fails)
In my mind, the worst quality a teacher can have is to be close-minded because that narrow interpretation of good and bad is passed on to …
Learn from John Kricfalusi and Bill Plympton
Today, two of the biggest names in animation–John Kricfalusi and Bill Plympton–each announced that they were starting up classes to …
Jaime Diaz (1937-2009)
Longtime animator and director Jaime Diaz passed away this past Saturday. I met Jaime several times during 2005-6 when I was working …
The 80s Pop Show in Philly
The Autumn Society is a group of artists who started in Philadelphia and are now expanding worldwide. Their 80s POP art exhibit premieres …
Will Ryan and his Cactus County Cowboys
Howdy, Pardners! This is a plug, slighty OT, for a musical event happening on Monday night, February 9th, in Hollywood California – sorry …
Saturday Morning Cartoon collections
Once upon a time, long before home video, the internet, and 24 hour cartoon channels – Saturday mornings were an oasis of animation. Most …
Awesome Animated 3D Illusion on iPhone
David O’Reilly has built a very cool animated walk cycle that takes advantage of the iPhone’s motion sensitivity. O’Reilly …
Rediscovering Irv Spector
Director Michael Sporn has recently been in touch with the son of animation legend Irv Spector. Spector worked as an animator, designer …
NEXT MONDAY IN NYC: Avery and Maltese Tribute
I was bummed that I missed the centennial tribute to Tex Avery and Michael Maltese that was presented in LA last March, but I just …
Cartoon Dump Returns!
Lest you think we’ve forgotten about Cartoon Dump, our monthly live comedy/cartoon show at the Steve Allen Theatre in Hollywood, we …
San Diego Comic Con: Animation Programming
They’ve just posted the complete schedule of programming for the San Diego Comic Con, July 26-29. Below I’ve extracted the animation …
New Blog: Animation – Who & Where
Joe Campana, a film editor who works in animation, recently started a blog called Animation — Who and Where, and it has …
Janet Klein
Once again this Thursday night – and every first Thursday of the each month – Jerry Beck will be the opening act for Janet Klein & …
Amid’s Notes from Ottawa 2006
The 2006 edition of the Ottawa International Animation Festival marked my fourth straight year that I’ve attended the festival. Instead …
Major Disney Exhibit in Paris
I’ve known about this exhibition for a while, but it didn’t occur to me that I should post about it until a friend mentioned that it …
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