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Cartoon Uncool

Here’s a whole Cartoon Retro thread taking Christopher Hart to task for his travesty of a book which I mentioned yesterday, CARTOON COOL: …

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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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Monday Morning Inspiration

This appealing personality-packed Mickey Mouse comic strip is by comic/animation artist Daan Jippes and appeared in a 1973 issue of the …

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CLUTCH CARGO ON DVD

Whoa! Stop the presses! This may be the biggest news of the year. Forget The Incredibles… Here comes CLUTCH CARGO!!!Giving new meaning …

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ROBOT CHICKEN

Cartoon Network sent me a screener tape of their new Adult Swim series, ROBOT CHICKEN. Our buddies at Screen Novelties had a hand in it …

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Understanding Good Taste

Shane Glines recently posted a series of articles on his Cartoon Retro message board about “good taste” in art. They were written by …

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Weekend Reading

Couple good articles to recommend. First, at SaveDisney.com, “In Defense of Disney’s Uncle Remus” is an in-depth piece that argues for …

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CORPSE BRIDE TRAILER

The new TIM BURTON stop-motion feature is coming and it looks good: see the trailer HERE.

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MLK Animation

In honor of Martin Luther King Day, I would like to guide you to a lovely cartoon produced by Clifford Cohen’s non-profit, Animaction, …

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RAY HARRYHAUSEN: THE EARLY YEARS

Ray Harryhausen is making several live appearences in L.A. during the next few weeks to promote his book (which I got for Christmas) and …

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AS A PUBLIC SERVICE…

The United Nations has announced the release this week of The Three Amigos, a series of 20 short, professionally produced animated Public …

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Considering Merryweather

I’ve been considering the weather a lot lately, as have most of us in Los Angeles and all parts East. I’m particularly annoyed with all …

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Lazy Sunday Film Viewing

Here’s a WEBSITE with a lot of nice film clips of Eastern European stop motion animation by the likes of Starevitch, Zeman and Trnka. …

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OSWALD MANIA IN JAPAN

What is the deal with all this Oswald Rabbit merchandise is Japan?We reported on this phenomenon in an earlier post and David Gerstein …

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Abner Graboff

I hadn’t heard of Abner Graboff until recently, but really like his work – a very stylized approach yet also a bit more light and airy …

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Notes from the Cartoon Blogosphere

> Eddiemuerte (a.k.a. MUCHA LUCHA’s Eddie Mort) has finished a new music album LO-FI IN LOS FELIZ and you can download all fifteen tracks …

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