Events

Art Blocks For Ghana

What do you get when some of the top artists in the animation community contribute original works to an important exhibit and charity …

Animators

Kihachiro Kawamoto, RIP

It’s not a good week to be a Japanese animation legend. Stop motion animator and puppeteer Kihachiro Kawamoto, passed away last Monday at …

Animators

Satoshi Kon (1963-2010)

Satoshi Kon passed away in Tokyo on Tuesday. He was 46–and in the middle of directing a new film, The Dream Machine. Kon was one of a …

Cartoon Culture

Popeye Carousel Rocket

I was hanging out with my friends Will Ryan and Tom Knott this morning and we dropped into one of my favorite places on Melrose Avenue, …

Ideas/Commentary

Dear Sesame Street

Dear Sesame Street, We, the undersigned, would like to register our concern over the contest you are now conducting with Aniboom. We …

Events

2010 Bafta Nominees

As award season continues, the British Academy Film Awards were announced today. Congratulations to Coraline (Henry Selick), Fantastic …

Classic

Random UPA Publicity 1951-1953

Here’s some show-and-tell. I found these odds and ends of UPA publicity at Cinecon, the classic movie convention held in Hollywood over …

Events

Ottawa ’09 Competition Selections

The Ottawa International Animation Festival has announced their official selections for this year’s festival, which takes place between …

Events

F5 Conference Ticket Giveaway

“This isn’t ‘another design conference.’ It’s a meeting of great minds,” tout the promo materials for F5, a conference that takes …

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