Comics

1942 Comic Book story about Animation

Courtesy of Marc Schirmeister, The Asifa Hollywood Animation Archive has posted the complete 18-page Crimebuster story from a 1942 issue …

Books

Cereal:Geek / Arf Forum

I’m way overdue in posting, plugging and praising these two fine publications. In this day and age of blogs and dedicated websites, …

Feature Film

Random Chipmunk Notes

One of the most unexpected surprises at theaters last year was the box office success of Alvin and the Chipmunks. Nearly everybody …

Classic

UPA VP Hated Terrytoons

Several years ago, when Playhouse Pictures closed its Hollywood office, cartoonist Mike Kazaleh purchased some old files being sold off …

Feature Film

Enchanted weekend

Disney’s Enchanted is a blockbuster hit. The critics are raving and there is Oscar buzz swirling for its star, Amy Adams. In addition …

Feature Film

Persepolis trailer

As enthused as I am over the big budget, widescreen Hollywood animated blockbusters en route to the cineplex this summer, I’ve been …

Anime

PAPRIKA trailer

Click here to see the exciting trailer for the new film by Satoshi Kon (Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers), Paprika. Watching this …

Old Brew

Cool Historical Finds

Animator/director Joel Brinkerhoff emailed me with a couple of his recent historical discoveries that he wanted to share. I thought they …

Old Brew

ASIFA’S ANIMATION ARCHIVE

Steve Worth has been working like gangbusters to get Asifa-Hollywood’s Animation Archive up and running. The Animation Center at 2114 W. …

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DAN LEE (1969-2005)

Dan Lee remains both famous and anonymous. You might not have heard of this Montreal-born, Toronto-raised artist, but you already know …

Old Brew

AN OPEN LETTER TO COMCAST

Sony officially announced it’s intent to buy MGM this week. To raise the billion-dollar plus asking price needed to make the purchase, …

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PLANE CRAZY

I posted this a while ago on my Cartoon Research site, but since the date is coming up soon, I thought I’d repost this info here on the …

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INCREDIBLES TRAILER

Oh, this looks good!A new trailer for Pixar’s The Incredibles is up – posted here – and it’s hilarious. Any doubt that this will be …

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SONY-MGM?

It may fall through, by the AP is reporting that Sony is in talks to buy MGM.What does that mean to us? Well it would combine the …

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DISNEY’S LAST DUD?

Financial website Motley Fool has posted this editorial by Rick Aristotle Munarriz, which asks “Remember when Disney’s golden animated …

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