Feature Film

Max & Co

Here’s another film to look out for. The winner of the public prize at this year’s Annecy Animation Festival was a stop motion puppet …

Books

NICKTOONS on Page Six

Move over Paris and Britney. I’ve made The New York Post Page Six today. Nothing scandalous. Just a clever plug for the new coffee …

Events

Waterloo Festival of Animated Cinema

I wish this festival were in Los Angeles – or anywhere in the United States. But I’m thankful it’s presented anyplace at all. Located in …

Animators

A Don Hertzfeldt Interview

A brand-new online pop culture website, Bridgerack, has posted a really good Conversation With Don Hertzfeldt (Part One of Four starts …

Events

Animation in Columbus Ohio

Coming up in November is a series of unique animation programs at the Wexner Center for the Arts, on the campus of The Ohio State …

CGI

Now Playing: Iwerks’ Pixar Documentary

Starting today, Leslie Iwerks independent documentary The Pixar Story will begin a small Oscar-qualifying run in 14 select cities across …

Feature Film

Lucky Luke

Once again, another Euro 2D animated feature that looks intriguing – and with no U.S. release planned whatsoever. This is the latest …

Events

Cartoon Dump Live – Tonight!

Citizens of Los Angeles – please note: tonight we are once again presenting Cartoon Dump Live at the Steve Allen Theatre in Hollywood. …

Animators

Rebecca Sugar Gets It On

Frankly I’m not sure what’s more disturbing: drawings of the Terrytoons characters Sourpuss and Gandy getting it on, drawings of …

Animators

Profiling Joel Trussell

It used to be that you had to live in Los Angeles or New York to make it big in the US animation scene, but today a whole new breed of …

Shorts

Acme’s Show of Shows on DVD

If you have any desire to watch and own some of the best animated shorts of the last twenty years, Acme Filmworks has just released 18 …

BrewFilms

Cartoon Dump #6: Sir Gee Whiz

Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies, Happy Harmonies… and it all came down to this: Sir Gee Whiz On The Other Side Of The Moon. Needless to …

Events

From Avant-garde to Pop Culture

Historians Jayne Pilling (from London, editor of A Reader in Animation Studies, Animation: 2D and Beyond, among others) and Giannalberto …

Books

Un Regard Moderne (Paris)

Storefront and interior. Click for bigger version A few months ago, I solicited suggestions from readers about what to see and do …

Events

Serge Bromberg in Brooklyn

Calling all New Yorkers. Check out Treasures from a Chest at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) this Friday. The annual program, …

Animators

Ty Wong Paintings on Display

Ty Wong standing in front of his illustrations for The Wild Bunch at the opening of the show a couple weeks ago. (Matt …

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