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Rumor Central: Lasseter Knocks Keane Off “Rapunzel”?
A local LA animation student who asks not to be named sends in this rumor that’s too juicy not to share: Just a bit of info from one …
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Similar Ideas, Different Approaches
I couldn’t help and notice a similarity between this music video by Kristofer Strom of Sweden… …and this signal film for …
Looney Tombs
Editor’s Note: Welcome to the first post by award-winning filmmaker and regular Guest Brewer Pes. Recently I’ve been spending a lot of …
Academy posts Animation highlights
If you couldn’t make it to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills this year for their record number of …
Joe Murray Explains it All…
Artist, illustrator and animator Joe Murray is also one of the most successful cartoon show creators working today. Joe has just produced …
Year of the Fish: An Animated Feature?
As the line between live-action and animation blurs, there are more and more controversies about what qualifies as animation. Is A …
Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood
Chuck Jones (1912-2002) sketches himself as a boy “conducting the ocean” in a new documentary short directed by Peggy Stern, Chuck Jones: …
Suck It Up, Tate!
It always delights me when animators do their own thing, like publishing sketchbooks, comics, and creating their own characters outside …
Bye Bye Toon Disney
The LA Times is reporting that the ten-year-old Toon Disney cable channel will be rebranded next February as Disney XD. The new format …
Teaser Trailer for Pixar’s Up
This weekend at Comic-Con, Pixar previewed footage from their next film, Up, directed by Pete Docter. They’ve also just released the …
2008 Winsor McCay Award Winners
This just in: ASIFA-Hollywood announced its 2008 Winsor McCay Lifetime Achievement Award recipients during their Comic-Con party last …
A Celebration of Ollie
Disney exec Howard Green informs us that there will be an official Life Celebration for Ollie at the El Capitan Theatre on Tuesday …
The Animation Soundtrack
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present Normand Roger on The Animation Soundtrack, on Sunday, August 10, at 7:30 …
Bakshi Chat at Comic Con
The ASIFA-Hollywood panel with Ralph Bakshi will be a particular highlight at the Comic Con next week. The blurb for this event posted …
Frank and Ollie at SIGGRAPH
Animation Mentor is hosting a tribute to the life, work and inspiration of Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston at SIGGRAPH 2008. Animation …
Wall•E and Christianity
Wall•E director Andrew Stanton talks with Christianity Today about some of the Genesis-related themes he incorporated into the …
Looney Muses
Billy Collins, a former U.S. poet laureate, writes about his love for Warner Bros. Cartoons in today’s Wall Street Journal. This quote …
Tom Hignite’s Home Imaginators
Tom Hignite, the Wisconsin home builder who thinks he’s Walt Disney, is back – in a series of local infomercials which ultilizes lush …
The Business of Stereoscopic 3-D Films
Stereoscopic 3-D filmmaking is either the latest film fad or the future of theatrical animation. For those who know their film history, …
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