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Notes from Northern California

A few notes from my trip to northern California last week… I visited Chronicle Books for a meeting with Alan Rapp, the editor of my …

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Abner Graboff

I hadn’t heard of Abner Graboff until recently, but really like his work – a very stylized approach yet also a bit more light and airy …

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KIDDIE RECORDS WEEKLY

In 2005, KiddieRecords.com will feature an entire year of albums from the golden age of children’s records, transferred from original 78s …

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Notes from the Cartoon Blogosphere

> Eddiemuerte (a.k.a. MUCHA LUCHA’s Eddie Mort) has finished a new music album LO-FI IN LOS FELIZ and you can download all fifteen tracks …

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Dressing Like Mickey: Abormal?

The NEW YORK TIMES has an interesting article (registration probably required) on autism and recent controversy over whether it’s an …

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BIG LITTLE BOOKS

Here’s a highly recommended item I found at the comics shop this week: Amazon). Big Little Books are fun – this book is even funner!

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BARRIER TALKS TO TASHLIN

If I were going to make a very personal list of the pleasures of the World Wide Web, it would include the fact that MichaelBarrier.com …

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Thoughts While Watching Voom

I’m continuing to watch Voom’s THE CLASSICS animation block in HDTV on the Animania channel, and while I do, I’m mulling over matters …

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CANEMAKER FILM TO PREMIERE AT MoMA

THE MOON AND THE SON, a 30-minute autobiographical animated film by John Canemaker, will have its world premiere at the Museum of Modern …

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HOLIDAY GIFT SUGGESTION #1

In the next several days I will point out a few gift suggestions for the cartoon freak in your family – or to buy yourself to counter …

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THE FOX AND CROW ARE IN THE HOUSE

As a cartoon fan, I’m embarassed to admit this: I’ve had the ability–and even a good excuse–to watch Fox and Crow cartoons at work for …

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YOGI ON EBAY

My friend Frank Calomino is selling his 16mm print of a Yogi Bear show on eBay. It’s got original commercials (obviously from a 1966 …

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BLAIR DOG SPOTTED

Brew regular Chris Sobieniak caught this swipe:While having to go to the store earlier today, I came across what I spotted as a near …

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Speaking of Licensable Bears…

In Japan, an AOL-like service called Open Data Network promotes itself using a Disney Pooh theme. In the US, that would mean it was …

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Dem Bones

Over at my very own Harry Go Round, Kip Williams is reporting on Michael Paulus’s Skeletal Systems, a series of drawings of…well, of …

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APPLESEED

Is it CG, motion capture, rotoscope… or all three? Check out the trailer and website for APPLESEED, supposedly opening in the U.S. on …

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Baxter Breaks Free

Seward Street reports that Disney/DreamWorks animator James Baxter (Belle, Quasimodo, Moses) is starting up his own hand-drawn animation …

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Hand Drawn and CG Working Together

This article at MILLIMETER reveals how Brad Bird was able to inject a hand-drawn sensibility into THE INCREDIBLES. Pixar developed a new …

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ASIFA HOLLYWOOD XMAS PARTY

You are invited!The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, will be holding its annual animated Xmas Party at the new …

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