.png){kind=logo}
VAN EATON ANIMATION EVENT
Wednesday night (3/22) at the Van Eaton Galleries in Sherman Oaks, H.B. Lewis will be on hand to discuss his work in illustration and …
Search Results forall
Classic Japanese Animation
Check out these two examples of super-rare (and perhaps, unintentionally funny) Japanese cartoons from the first half of the 20th …
GIMMIE GIMMIE OCTOPUS
ASIFA-San Francisco president Karl Cohen sent me this link (also featured on BoingBoing the other day) to what may be the strangest …
Charles Solomon on Talky Cartoons
One of my biggest grievances against contemporary animation is that characters won’t shut up. Too often in American animation, dialogue …
CARTOONS IN TRIBECA
The prestigious Tribeca film festival is spotlighting independent animation from the Big Apple. Included are the world premieres of …
Grillo’s Inspiration
Master animator and artist Oscar Grillo has started a new blog devoted specifically to drawings, paintings and other things that have …
My Book Has a Cover
As folks may recall, I put out a call for help last December asking readers to offer their suggestions on the cover for my book, CARTOON …
Eiko Tanaka Interview
MIDNIGHT EYE has this interview with Eiko Tanaka, co-founder and president of Japan’s Studio 4°C, the company that produced the …
FIRST FLIGHT
I had a first look at OVER THE HEDGE yesterday (thank you, Dreamworks) and it’s not the 90 minute talk-fest, per the trailer, that Amid …
HORNSWIGGLE UPDATE
I’ve been periodically posting the progress of my very own six minute cartoon on a separate blog.Frederator Studios is producing 39 such …
Brad Bird’s Next Film Announced
HUGE news out of the Walt Disney Co.’s shareholders’ meeting today! I’m surprised that nobody else has picked up on the story yet. …
A Wayans Thought
You know what I was thinking the other day? That one or more of the Wayans brothers should create an animated cartoon. And they should …
RANDOM TREASURES
I recieved a 300 page full color auction catalog in the mail yesterday and have been mesmerized by it for several hours. It’s an auction …
Blogs, Blogs, Blogs
Pixar story artist Jim Capobianco is working on a personal hand-drawn short called LEONARDO and he’s almost done with the rough animation …
Thomas Kinkade Exposed
The LA TIMES tore painter Thomas Kinkade a new one with yesterday’s article about his crude behavior and shady business practices. As far …
Aardman and Canemaker Win Oscars
Congrats to our friend John Canemaker for winning the Best Animated Short Oscar, for his film THE MOON AND THE SON: AN IMAGINED …
OSCAR TIME!
Tomorrow night is Oscar night and nothing seems as certain as the WALLACE & GROMIT win. However, the only suspense around here is for who …
883 of 928