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“Guernica” in CG
Lena Grieseke created this 3D “exploration” of Picasso’s famed painting “Guernica.” In the description of the project, Grieseke writes …
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Bakshi in NY Mag
A short but fun interview with Ralph Bakshi appeared in last week’s New York magazine. I particularly enjoyed this exchange between the …
Jazz in Early Theatrical Animation
(click for full-sized chart) Designer Allister Roberts recently created a chart documenting the use of jazz in animated shorts between …
Popeye meets Aladdin
One of the highlights of the forthcoming Popeye Vol. 2 DVD is the remastered print of the 1939 two-reel special, Aladdin And His …
Clampett originals at the Academy
Whoa! I got quite a shock as I entered the lobby of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills tonight. I attended …
Igor and Space Chimps
Interesting year at the box office. Horton Hears A Who was a huge box office success. Kung Fu Panda and Wall•E are going to be …
Malice in Wonderland by Vince Collins
I’ve linked to Vince Collins’s animation before, but I hadn’t run across this hallucinogenic 1982 piece of animation he made called …
Gary Panter’s book tour
Gary Panter (designer of Pee Wee’s Playhouse) has a new book from PictureBox Inc. Panter is doing a book tour this month that might be of …
YouTube’s Most Viewed Original Animation
Recently I became curious to find out what is the most viewed original piece of animation on YouTube. The answer turned out to be a bit …
Disney’s Roadside Romeo
For those of you who think Beverly Hills Chihuahua will be the worst Disney CGI film of the year… submitted for your approval, Roadside …
“Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy”
A new exhibit opening at the Met today, entitled “Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy,” is dedicated to exploring the “symbolic and …
Speed Racer and Me
As I admitted in a post below, I’ve always been a fan of the original 60s anime of Speed Racer. One of my proudest moments came in the …
Froot Loops
There is nothing particularly special about the two Kelloggs’ Froot Loops commercials posted below, except that my colleague Leslie …
Speed Racer Goes Crazy
The Wachowski Brothers Speed Racer movie opens this week. I hope the new film is as much fun as the video below. In it, Speed Racer goes …
Disney’s Beverly Hills Chihuahua
What fresh C.G. Hell is this? Sandwiched between this summer’s Wall•E and the Christmas release of Bolt, Disney is unleashing …
ASIFA-East Award Winners
The winners have been announced for America’s longest continually-running animation award–the 39th ASIFA-East Animation Festival. The …
Big Pecker’s
As a follow up to my Major Woody post (below), Steve Moore submitted this outrageous example of potential trademark infringement from …
Walt and El Grupo
Karl Cohen (president of ASIFA-San Francisco) just sent us his first impressions of Walt and El Grupo the new film by Ted Thomas, which I …
Finding Technicolor
This image just makes me smile. Shirt.woot, a website devoted to offering tee shirts with unique designs, had this doozy up the other …
PerfectLand by Ben Meinhardt
PerfectLand is an oddly appealing series of Flash-animated shorts created for MTV by Ben Meinhardt. I’ve embedded the first one below and …
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