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Men in Black
Working on a tight budget? The piece below is a beautiful example of how great artwork combined with creative compositing can be just as …
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Betty Boop Slept Here
Fleischer Studios made arguably the funniest cartoons of the 1920s and ’30s — and they made them, from 1923 through 1938, in studio …
Cartoon Modern is Voted Best Film Book of 2006
I’m not one who likes to brag but that’s because I usually don’t have a whole lot to brag about. Things are a little different today …
The Saga of Todd Goldman
Todd Goldman is a talented artist whose t-shirt/apparel company David and Goliath, Inc. made $90 million in 2004. That’s hardly a …
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
The LA Times Festival of Books (4/28-29) is such a huge event – the Comic Con International of book fairs, if you will – that it cannot …
Brew Radio: TODAY!
Here’s the reminder: yours truly, Jerry Beck, will appear on a live Internet radio chat today at 7pm Eastern/4pm Pacific. I will be …
This Saturday in Boston: Visual Music Marathon
If I were in Boston this weekend, there’s no question what I’d be attending: the Visual Music Marathon at Northeastern University. This …
Stop, Look and Listen (1967)
A quick follow-up to my earlier post about the pixilation shorts of Chuck Menville and Len Janson: another one of their shorts is also …
Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Incompetence
Really now, c’mon EcoZone.tv. If you’re going to hire somebody to ape somebody else’s style from concept through design through gags, …
Why execs should refrain from being “creative”
This is an amusing anecdote from Rocky & Bullwinkle writer Bill Scott which took place back in the early-1950s while he was working at …
Jim Thurman (1935-2007)
We must sadly note the passing of Jim Thurman, an Emmy-award winning children’s television writer, who died April 14 at age 72. I had …
Lots of Lou
Lou Romano (The Incredibles, Powerpuff Girls) recently had his own personal drawing jam where he made dozens of sketches and then painted …
Diogo Kalil
Diogo Kalil, an art director and animator from Brazil, currently living in Santa Monica, California, is looking to change his …
Three Classics by Chuck Menville and Len Janson
All praise the Internet for making available three difficult-to-find LA-produced indie animation classics—Vicious Cycles, …
Woody Woodpecker DVD: Bonus Materials
Universal Studios’ Woody Woodpecker & Friends Classic Cartoon Collection DVD is now available to
Capt’n Sailorbird
Any Baby Boomers out there recall those odd foreign cartoons that ran on TV in the 1950s and 60s, packaged under the Capt’n Sailorbird or …
(Non-Animation) Visual Inspiration
We don’t do many links to non-animation websites but I wanted to share a few of my favorite visual blogs along with a couple other online …
Flickr Animation
Animator Dan Meth (of Hebrew Crunk fame) just completed an animation experiment. He animated his latest film while getting drunk in a …
Classic Seventies Advertising
Chris Padilla recently hipped me to some visually striking animated spots from the 1970s. Chris actually showed some of these commercials …
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