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Started By A Mouse
Michael Gaddie’s 16-minute student film, Started By a Mouse, is an attempt to dramatize Walt Disney’s rise to fame. It plays a little …
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The Swedish Holiday Obsession with Donald Duck
According to this article in Slate by Jeremy Stahl, up to half of Sweden’s population will be watching Donald Duck (or Kalle Anka) …
Nuttin’ For Christmas
Animator Doug Compton used a classic 1955 Stan Freberg recording as the basis for his Christmas card this year: a fully animated version …
Oscar T. Perez
Óscar T. Pérez is a wonderful book illustrator based in Madrid, Spain. Now, Perez has posted a group of animated shorts – films …
ESCP Europe Stop-Mo Video
This piece has been online and gone viral in the past week, but I couldn’t resist putting it here. It’s to promote ESCP Europe, a …
Government Comics online archive
Richard Graham at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has put together an online collection of 183 government comic books – i.e. comics …
Sita Sings the Blues: One-Week NY Theatrical Run
Nina Paley’s animation masterpiece (and I don’t use that term loosely) is having a full one-week theatrical run in New York City from …
Last Minute Stocking Stuffers
Here are three books I want to bring to your attention – but note: These are strictly for the rabid toon-aholic on your holiday list. …
Christmas Cartoon Chaos!
Just a reminder, I’m hosting two (count ’em 2) Christmas Cartoon Parties this week: 1. CARTOON DUMP – our annual Christmas special is …
2009 Brew Holiday Gift Guide: ASIFA-East 2010 Calendar
ASIFA-East is raising funds this holiday season by offering (to U.S. customers only) a limited edition 2010 calendar illustrated by some …
Electropolis
Electropolis is “the product of roughly 7 months of work from 13 students in the 3rd year of the BAA Animation program at Sheridan …
Mighty Mouse dvd update
I just got an advance copy of the Ralph Bakshi Mighty Mouse The New Adventures complete series DVD — and it turned out a lot better than …
Avatar talkback
I saw James Cameron’s Avatar last night and I feel a talkback post here would be appropriate. Did I like the film? Yes, very much so. …
‘Alma’ by Rodrigo Blaas
For a limited time during the holidays, Rodrigo Blaas has made his spooky CG short Alma available for viewing online. Blaas is an …
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Panic Attack
According to this BBC report, Fede Alvarez uploaded his short film Ataque de Panico! (Panic Attack!) to YouTube last month, on November …
Single-Sentence Films
Lit mag Electric Literature has been commissioning indie animators to create short animated pieces based on single sentences from short …
The Expanding Use of Animation in Architecture
Nate Berg writes in The Architect’s Newspaper about the expanding use of animation in architectural practice, both in presentations for …
Those Crazy Caltech Animators
While killing time at the airport magazine stand, I found this oblivious error in an article about The Simpsons vs. …
Cats and Dogs 2
More CG/live action hybrid features are expected in 2010… such as this:
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