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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 …

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SMARTER THAN THE AVERAGE

Julian Goford and Jonathan Sloman inform us that at 7pm GMT on Wednesday the 19th of October, Resonance 104.4FM (London’s first radio art …

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DAFFY FOR A DOLLAR

Reader Lynn Fava reports:I don’t know if you have any Dollar Tree stores near you, but thought you might want to know that they are …

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PARAMOUNT CARTOONS

Asifa-Hollywood’s screening this month is for the real die-hards. I’ll be showing about a dozen 1940s-50s Paramount cartoons in 35mm …

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ANIMATION BOOKSIGNING IN GLENDALE

The Mystery & Imagination bookshop (aka BookFellows) on Brand Blvd. in Glendale is hosting a gala animation book signing this Saturday at …

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HUSH MY MOUSE

One of our readers has been privately sharing some images from his private cartoon art collection with me. But this one (above) is …

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Thurl Ravenscroft 1914-2005

Thurl Ravenscroft, who roared “They’re Grrrrreeeat!” in Kellogg’s Tony the Tiger ads and voiced a host of Disney characters, died Sunday …

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MARTHA IN SAN DIEGO

I’m moved! Now it’s a month of unpacking boxes and reorganizing my storage space. But my long national nightmare is over. Back to …

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Animation’s greatest executives

It’s time for my monthly “things could-be-so-much-better” post. When I complain about the state of the industry, friends frequently tell …

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DINGBAT

Here’s a clever use of Carl Stalling music – a Flash animation by Brian Emling that’s a tribute to Chuck Jones’ DOT AND THE LINE and NOW …

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Blue Sky doing Seuss

Tomorrow’s HOLLYWOOD REPORTER has a story that Fox/Blue Sky’s next feature following ICE AGE 2 will be an adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ HORTON …

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First and Last Words on Loonatics

A friend last night made this perceptive comment about the new Looney Tunes-inspired TV series LOONATICS: “Warners has already desecrated …

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THE DOT & THE LINE

I get many many requests about Chuck Jones 1965 Academy Award Winning MGM cartoon THE DOT AND THE LINE. As previously noted, it’s …

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MARTHA’S BOOK

One book missing from Amid’s 2005 shopping list (below) is Martha Sigall’s Amazon.com).

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New Animation Books

Here’s some animation and cartoon-related books coming out in the next few months… Heard any good Mark Twain quotes lately? CHUCK …

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TASHLIN / OSCAR CARTOONS

Frank Tashlin was great.His live action films were hilarious – but, as we know, his print cartoons and animated films were even funnier. …

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Ben Washam (Or Mike Fontanelli?)

No reason for this post, but I just wanted to share this cool caricature of animator Ben Washam by fellow Chuck Jones unit animator Abe …

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