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Lou Romano’s New Yorker Cover
Congrats to Lou Romano who painted the cover for this week’s New Yorker. Various illustrators who work in animation, like Peter de …
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Weather Man
Soundac was the Miami Florida animation studio that did commercials, station IDs, and most famously, the first color cartoon for TV …
Goodbye Toucan Sam
An era has ended. Kellogg’s has announced it will no longer market its sugared cereals to children. Kellogg’s also said it would stop …
Chronicle Blogging
Development piece by John Hubley from UPA’s Rooty Toot (1952). From the collection of Mike Glad. The folks at …
Up-and-Coming: Miwa Matreyek & David O’Reilly
Wanted to put the spotlight this morning on two young animation filmmakers whose work has caught my attention and who I’m sure we’ll be …
Pingwings Rediscovered
Tony Mines of Spite Your Face Productions sent me a note about an early-1960s British animated series, The Pingwings, which had been …
Hollywood’s Men of Action
(click for large version) Shane Glines of the indispensable Cartoon Retro has sent over a fascinating 1935 article, titled …
The CIA and the Filming of Animal Farm
When the CIA isn’t busy destabilizing other countries, they apparently like to help animation studios create cartoons. At least that’s …
Where Are the UPA Shorts?
If there’s one question I’ve received more frequently than any other since the release of Cartoon Modern, it’s “Where can I see the UPA …
Nicktoons Animation Festival
I don’t normally endorse corporate animation contests, but the one my friend Rita Street has been co-producing (with Frederator, the …
Animation Writing Roundup
Quick Stop Entertainment has a lengthy interview with Bloom County and Opus creator Berkeley Breathed. Breathed talks about the earlier …
Artists get down to business at Otis
Attention L.A. area artists. This one’s for you: on Saturday, June 9th, from 10 am to 1 pm, at Otis College of Art and Design on their …
You Asked For It
Here’s an kinescope excerpt from the classic 1950s TV show, You Asked For It, from sometime during its first year of broadcast (1950-51 …
More Classic Animation on DVD
Not to be overlooked in this year of great classic cartoon DVD releases (the The Little King and Cultoons collection is subtitled …
Rare SNAFU/Wartime Animation Art Found
A Hollywood production artist, part-time performer and animator, Paul Manchester, has inherited a cache of rare World War II animation …
Madame Tutli-Putli
The indie animation blog Hydrocephalic Bunny informs about a very interesting looking new stop motion short out of the National Film …
The Curious Absence of Humor in Primetime Animation
Are The Simpsons and Family Guy creatively bankrupt? Is the Pope Catholic? The New York Sun’s David Blum wrote a sharp commentary about …
Men in Black
Working on a tight budget? The piece below is a beautiful example of how great artwork combined with creative compositing can be just as …
Cartoon Modern is Voted Best Film Book of 2006
I’m not one who likes to brag but that’s because I usually don’t have a whole lot to brag about. Things are a little different today …
The Saga of Todd Goldman
Todd Goldman is a talented artist whose t-shirt/apparel company David and Goliath, Inc. made $90 million in 2004. That’s hardly a …
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