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Swindle and Esopus
It’s always exciting to see animated films and animation artists receive recognition in mainstream art publications. Achieving this type …
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MEET JANET WALDO
She was Josie, Judy Jetson and Penelope Pitstop…. to name but a few. Women In Animation is hosting a luncheon with voice actress Janet …
Tartakovsky Moving Into Features (Again)
Big buzzworthy story here: VARIETY reports that Genndy Tartakovsky (creator, SAMURAI JACK, DEXTER’S LABORATORY; director, STAR WARS: …
Why Europeans Teach Animation Better
A lot of people over the past few years (myself included) have been highly impressed with student animation films coming out of European …
MONDAY MORNING INSPIRATION: Toru Fukuda
Contemporary Japanese illustrator Toru Fukuda’s work is dripping with mid-century, Abner Graboff-flavored goodness. There’s plentiful …
WALLACE & GROMIT
Unless I’m mistaken, I’ve now seen every substantial theatrical animated feature of 2005 (except CHICKEN LITTLE). MADGASCAR, CORPSE BRIDE …
Same old, same old at Disney
“You’ve got to embrace [computer animation] or there isn’t going to be a place for you.” It was with that ultimatum, Walt Disney Feature …
NY Trip Report: 50s Design, New Books and Mind Game
Thanks to Jerry who’s been holding down the Brew fort while I was away in New York City. I was out there working on the design and layout …
CINECON & JANET KLEIN
This’ll be slightly off-topic. I’m plugging my whereabouts the next five days. Tomorrow night I will be in two places at once. First I’ll …
CANEMAKER’S WINSOR MCCAY
John Canemaker’s Winsor McCay – His Life and Art, his 1987 biography of the great newspaper cartoonist and pioneer animator, will be …
Eurovision Art Contest
The Eurovision Art Contest is a monthly drawing contest where artists create an illustration based on a specific theme. The contest is …
Disney Rarities: Celebrated Shorts 1920s-1960s
Disney has announced the contents for the fifth wave of their Treasures dvd sets. Of particular interest is the contents of DISNEY …
Joe Ranft, Jude Law and Cindy Sheehan
The mainstream media may not be interested in properly covering the death of an influential animation artist, but the ‘net (i.e. regular …
Joe Ranft (1960-2005), RIP
This is really sad news. Joe Ranft, a major part of Pixar’s creative team, died in an auto accident yesterday, according to this post on …
Not Tom Oreb
I’ve had a few people email me this morning asking me to check out this Tom Oreb artwork from Ward Kimball’s DISNEYLAND space episode …
MONDAY AFTERNOON INSPIRATION: Random 50s Design
Here’s some random art from 1950s cartoons which appeal to me for different reasons. To start things off, below are four details from UPA …
El Corpse Dorado Bride
Something about the character designs for Tim Burton’s upcoming stop motion film THE CORPSE BRIDE have annoyed me since I first saw them. …
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 …
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