Events

Aurora In The UK

After Annecy and Platform, I figured I’d had my fill of animation festivals for the year, but I’m rethinking that stance after hearing …

Classic

Before and After

(Click on images above for larger version) The painting above left is original art from Fleischer Studios Technicolor two-reel special …

Shorts

Horton Hears A Who In Russian

[Video link was removed from Google] Horton Hears A Who is a 1992 Russian animated short directed by Alexei Karayev, who also directed …

Shorts

Spilled Oil

Here’s a nice environmentally-themed complement to the Koji Yamamura piece posted on the Brew yesterday. Spilled Oil is a new hand-drawn …

Disney

Dispatch From Disney

The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive has posted another gem, my favorite piece of Disneyana of all time: the wartime in-house …

Classic

Killer Koko

Mike Van Eaton’s latest acquisition is a killer. An original Koko the Clown drawing, apparently related to (or for) the 1922 film called …

CGI

Postmodern Times by Joao Amorim

Postmodern Times is a new series of short animated films presenting “ideas about global consciousness and techniques for social and …

BrewFilms

Cartoon Dump: Episode 1

Combine the contents of my annual Worst Cartoons Ever! screenings with the warped comic mind of Frank Conniff (“TV’s Frank” from Mystery …

Cartoon Culture

Spider Pig

Sure, The Simpsons Movie made over $70 million this weekend at the box office. But the big winner in all this is the estate of lyricist …

Internet/Blogs

Stu’s Show

A quick plug for Stu’s Show, the internet radio program devoted to nostalgic pop culture. I’ll be on later this month (August 22) to …

Shorts

Process Enacted by Jordan Greenhalgh

Process Enacted is an inventive student film by Jordan Greenhalgh created at Rochester Institute of Technology as his sophomore final. …

Events

Comic Con Finds

Strange stuff! Good things and scary things abound. Here are just a couple of my comic book finds from this year’s San Diego Comic Con …

Events

Day 2 @ Comic Con

San Diego Comic Con Friday, 7.27.07, 9:15pm I apologize for all the pix of me lately. Dan O’Shannon and his magical iPhone took these …

Events

Overheard in San Diego…

WHO: Obese fanboy with a thick accent hailing from Mexico WHAT: The guy was talking to one of the dealers WHERE: San Diego …

Classic

Popeye Song Folio

One of the best pieces of Fleischer Popeye memoribilia ever created was a 32 page compilation of sheet music, the Popeye Song Folio, …

Animators

A Few Good Blogs

Three good artist blogs you can’t go wrong with… Alberto Mielgo is among those animation artists today whose work really excites …

Site News

Photo Editor Needed

Thanks to everybody who responded. I still haven’t chosen anybody but there were literally dozens of responses and there’s tons of …

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