Cartoon Culture

Geri’s Game Remakes

Readers may recall that last year I posted about a group of Brazilian film students who had created a scene-by-scene live-action remake …

Feature Film

My Favorite Animated Films

I really like this video of a hardcore cartoon fan offering his opinions about various animated features. Many of us are so heavily …

TV

Käytöskukka

Eliza Jäppinen, a co-founder and creative director of the up-and-coming Finnish animation studio Anima Boutique, recently told me about …

Shorts

This Way Up by Smith & Foulkes

The Animation Show has announced the film line-up for their fourth annual tour, and the most exciting piece being offered, in my opinion, …

Disney

Visit Pixar for $14,700!

How much is it worth to you to visit Pixar? What if we threw in tickets to the world premiere of Wall*E, a tour of Disney Studios Studios …

CGI

Oktapodi

French animation school Gobelins, which turns out no shortage of quality CG films, has another student film that’s been attracting a lot …

Events

GR8-2-B-NOMN8D Part #5

Starting in two weeks, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills will begin the fifth edition of their annual …

Animators

Bob Clampett’s First Film

It’s no masterpiece, but it is rare and significant. Below is the first four minutes from the Joe E. Brown comedy When’s Your …

Animators

Dave Wasson’s New Site

Animation director and designer Dave Wasson has launched a new website DaveWasson.net packed with examples of his design and animation …

Cartoon Culture

Booby Doo

Lawyers from Warner Bros. have come down on a firm called Booby Doo, a maker of sports bras in the UK. Booby Doo’s owners want to …

Comics

Jeff Smith at Wexner

The Wexner Center for The Arts at Ohio State University in Columbus is opening a show devoted to animator-turned-comic book great, Jeff …

Anime

Tezuka’s Amazing Three

Perhaps the most obscure of the pioneering anime series imported to the U.S. in the 1960s was Osamu Tezuka’s The Amazing Three. Why has …

Classic

Rare 1939 Looney Tunes Book found!

Mike Van Eaton has unearthed the original art to a rare Looney Tunes promotional book from 1939 – apparently created exclusively either …

Events

Gag Me With A Toon

Meltdown Comics in Hollywood is celebrating the “wonderfully mesmerizing phenomenon of ’80’s era cartoons” with a gallery show …

Disney

Bob Thomas’s The Art of Animation

Michael Sporn has been scanning some beautiful photos and artwork from Bob Thomas’s classic long out-of-print 1958 book about Disney …

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