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Calvin and Hobbes Animated!
We may never see a Bill Watterson-approved animated version of Calvin and Hobbes but the following student film from Italy is a nice …
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Len Lye’s Post Office Films
Ok, so imagine you’re the post office and you need to make three animated shorts to illustrate the following concepts: new parcel rates, …
Ward Kimball on You Bet Your Life
At the pace we’re going, by this time next week our site will likely be renamed Kimball Brew. But after seeing the incredible Ward …
Ward Kimball on The Tomorrow Show
As an addendum to our posts on Ward Kimball (can we ever post enough about Kimball?), our pal Don Brockway (Psst, check out his webpage …
Tezuka exhibit in San Fran
In the photo above, the guy on the left is yours truly, Jerry Beck, blathering on about the fine points of American animation to the guy …
Why? Because we HATE you!
It isn’t everyday that the LA Times prints an editorial that mentions Song of the South (1946) and Alice’s Egg Plant (1925). But that’s …
Psst! Pass It On
Psst! Pass It On… is a collaborative filmmaking experiment in which three different creative teams work together to create a 90-second …
Animation Writing Roundup
The most interesting writing and interviews about animation can no longer be found in any particular magazine; rather it’s spread out …
Best. Song. Ever.
It’s too bad You Feets To Big had to be removed from You Tube. In it’s place we present, direct from the aforementioned Beijing …
Your Feet’s Too Big by Nancy Beiman
What a great way to start the week! Your Feet’s Too Big (1983) is a beautifully drawn short by animator/author/teacher Nancy Beiman, set …
Conan Capture
Conan O’Brien recently visited ILM where, among other things, he created some motion capture movement. It’s in the second half of the …
China’s unlicensed knock-off of Disneyland
It’s the Crappiest Place on Earth! It’s one thing to bootleg a DVD of Pirates of the Caribbean, but it’s quite another to rip off an …
Astro Boy wants a Hybrid
Osamu Tezuka’s biggest stars endorse the Toyota Prius on its 10th anniversary. (via Japan Probe)
The Flintstones jump the shark
(Thanks to Ira Gallen for posting this)
How Many Licks Does It Take To Make It CG?
Let’s remake a classic hand-drawn animated commercial… in CGI… Are ad agencies so deprived of original thinking that …
Neal Gabler on Disney at LAT Book Fest
I took a break from my deadlines on Saturday to see Mike Barrier discuss his Walt Disney biography at the Los Angeles Times Festival of …
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 …
Shag Documentary
I like Shag, but I hope this documenatry is better than its trailer:
Spiderman 3 Trailer (not)
According to the folks at Black 20, “Spiderman 3 went way over budget, and to finish the film, producers had to use product placement to …
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