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Mike Grimshaw’s Quiet Please
As a response to YouTube’s takedown of Signe Baumane’s animated short, Canadian animation director Mike Grimshaw has posted an old film …
Screening Waltz With Bashir
Today’s L.A. Times features a story on Waltz With Bashir, the sure-to-be-controversial animated feature from Israel, being screened at …
Bill Melendez 1916-2008
Bill Melendez, the Mexican-born American character animator, film director, and film producer, best known for his animation for Warner …
YouTube’s Inconsistent Standards for Animation Art
Award-winning filmmaker Signe Baumane writes to tell me that yesterday somebody flagged her one-minute short The Very First Desire Now …
Trailers From Hell: Dirty Duck
Last year Joe Dante (Looney Tunes Back In Action) established a terrific website called Trailers From Hell, featuring audio commentary by …
Saul Bass on Titles
A 35-minute collection of classic Saul Bass film titles with narration and insights by Bass himself: (via Smashing Telly)
Sullivan (of Sullivan-Bluth) passes away
The LA Times reports (with several errors) on the passing of Morris Sullivan, the man who financed the Don Bluth studio and produced An …
My Cinecon Goodies
Cinecon, the film buff convention I attended over Labor Day weekend, is not a place to do animation research, but from time to time I’ve …
French Roast Production Blog
French animation studio BIBO Films is working on a new CG short called French Roast directed by Fabrice O. Joubert and with character …
The Ultimate Panther Collection
Now that you can buy a copy of my Pink Panther Guide for as little as 24¢ on Amazon, MGM Home Entertainment is including it with The …
Don Hertzfeldt Nationwide Tour
Don Hertzfeldt has just completed his latest short, I Am So Proud of You. It’s his longest work to date, and to celebrate he’s going on a …
An Ugly Disney Poster
I’m still at Cinecon watching movies. Picked up a few nice stills and lobby cards in the dealers room. Here is something I got cheap: an …
Cartoon Network Acquires ‘Adventure Time’
Here’s news that’s sure to please a lot of folks. Pendleton Ward’s quirky Adventure Time short has been picked up for a full-series …
Weekend Inspiration
As we head into the long holiday weekend, I thought it’d be nice to take a moment and share some inspiring images I’ve run across this …
3038 Photos in 3 Days
A kid in Boston, Robbie, took just over 3000 digital photos in three days documenting his life in and around the city, and then compiled …
“It’s Always Six O’Clock” by Eva and Franco Mattes
Pooh plays the role of Gulliver, Mickey has hung himself, Superman is a painter, and a cellphone has been kidnapped by the Grinch. These …
Mass Animation Project Pays
Some happy news to report today. The Mass Animation project that we mentioned here last week released a new set of details today on their …
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