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Weekend Animation Notes
Finally, an animation executive salary increase that’s actually deserved. Anime has arrived in Iraq, otaku will follow. Nick Park on …
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Iger Interview
This interview with Bob Iger is an interesting read. He discusses the Pixar acquisition at some length, and says that in his five months …
NEW DISNEY BOOKS OF NOTE
University Press of Mississippi has two great new Disney books coming out in the next few months. Mouse Tracks: The Story of Walt Disney …
Blog Roundup
There’s lots of new blogs I’ve been meaning to mention recently and haven’t found the time. Here are five good ones for the moment: Dan …
OSWALD STENCILS ON EBAY
A super-cool and incredibly rare 1928 Oswald The Lucky Rabbit Stencil Set sold on ebay today for $1525. Click here for photo gallery of …
An Apple For The Mouse
An article in BARRON’S is suggesting that Apple may eventually purchase Disney, sending up stock futures by 6%. I think there’s a good …
John Canemaker in the NY TIMES
Yesterday’s NY TIMES (use BugMeNot to bypass registration) had a piece by Charles Solomon about John Canemaker’s Oscar-nominated short …
Tachiguishi Retsuden
TACHIGUISHI RETSUDEN is an upcoming Japanese animated film by Mamoru Oshii (GHOST IN THE SHELL) and Production IG. It is yet another …
WIRED ON SCANNER DARKLY
Good article on the CG rotoscope technique used in WAKING LIFE and challenges in making the forthcoming A SCANNER DARKLY in the latest …
Classic Cartoon Video Podcasts
Michael Barrier posted an article excerpt on his site from yesterday’s WALL STREET JOURNAL that said the Vintage ToonCast, which is an …
A CAR-TUNE PORTRAIT
One of the hot things emerging on several cartoon blogs lately is the detailed deconstruction of classic animated features and shorts. By …
The New Yorker Cover That Wasn’t
This story is more about illustration than cartoons, but Bill Joyce is a familiar face in animation nowadays. He was the production …
“Remixing the Magic” in LA TIMES
Alex Chun has been writing some excellent animation/pop culture-related pieces for the LA TIMES in recent months, and his most recent …
The (Mis)Marketing of Feature Animation
The FPS MAGAZINE blog has a thought-provoking piece by Marc Hairston about how Disney – not having learned anything from their clumsy …
CHINA BANS SPACE JAM, ROGER RABBIT, COOL WORLD… etc.
I love this story in today’s DAILY VARIETY:Jessica Rabbit isn’t welcome in China — and Michael Jordan shouldn’t show up with any of his …
Puffy Blog
The guys and gals of the HI HI PUFFY AMIYUMI crew at Renegade Animation have put up a blog HERE. There’s a lot of talented artists on the …
Dear Mr. Iger,
Now that you’ve returned a creative producer – an animator, no less – to head Disney Feature Animation and Imagineering, and you’ve …
HAPPY BIRTHDAY: ANIMATION 1906-2006
The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive has just noted that April 6th marks the 100th birthday of animation. James Stuart Blackton created …
Oswald South of the Border
Mexican reader Uriel Durán writes to let us know that Oswald is popular nowadays in Mexico, as well as Japan: The situation is that in …
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