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THE NIGHTMARE IN 3-D

The other night I had a chance to screen the 3-D version of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. All things considered, the folks …

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SATURDAY LINKS

Ain’t It Cool News posted a lengthy description and spoilers for the new Pixar short Lifted.New York Daily News TV critic David Hinckley …

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THE ANCIENT BOOK OF MYTH AND WAR

Five Pixar artists are currently working on a new hardcover art book called THE ANCIENT BOOK OF MYTH AND WAR. It’s scheduled for release …

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Open Season Opens a Weak #1

Sony Pictures Animation’s first CG feature OPEN SEASON opened in the #1 slot last weekend albeit with a weak $23 million (estimated) from …

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3 Trees & 3 Flowers in November

The must-see LA art show of the fall season has been anounced. “3 Trees and 3 Flowers” opens November 4 at the Gallery Nucleus (30 West …

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SketchCrawl #11 This Saturday

Here’s a wonderful event that’s open to anybody and everybody, anywhere and everywhere throughout this planet. This Saturday, September …

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Barrier on ANIMATION BLAST #9

Esteemed animation historian Michael Barrier has commented on his website about the John Sibley article in the new ANIMATION BLAST #9. …

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More animation artist blogs…

It’s getting so that every animation artist has a blog. Maybe in the next update, I’ll do a post about artists who don’t have blogs. Now …

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Recommended Blogs…

There’s so many animation artist blogs out there nowadays. We can’t possibly link to all of them, but we’ll try to link to the best of …

Disney

Robert Zemeckis and Disney?

TMZ ran a breaking story yesterday that says Disney is courting Robert Zemeckis and his “uncanny valley” brand of animated filmmaking. I …

CGI

Canada’s Mick LaSalle

Mick LaSalle is quickly becoming a household name; in the past week, his awful MONSTER HOUSE has been picked up all over the blogosphere …

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A Letter to Mick LaSalle

Pixar story artist Jeff Pidgeon wrote a letter to SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE movie reviewer Mick LaSalle, in which he completely dismantled …

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A Monster of a Review

A prominent Pixar animator emailed me last night with the subject header “This is real” and a link to this must-read-to-believe SAN …

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SDCC: Scott Morse

Pixar story artist Scott Morse wins the award for the widest variety of wares being sold by one artist. This year he’s offering …

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SDCC: Out of Picture

My first exposure to the talented artists at Blue Sky Studios was a couple years back when I wrote the ART OF ROBOTS book. The general …

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