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Defending the McCay
Larry Loc, a Winsor McCay Award committee member and one of ASIFA-Hollywood’s hardest working board members, has written a defense of …
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DICK HUEMER MURALS SAVED!
Complain about the Annie awards all you want – Asifa-Hollywood is a great organization that does much good to promote and preserve the …
Quote of the Day
“There is a contingent of the digital-effects community to whom that is the holy grail – to create photographically real humans. To me …
Misplaced Honor
ASIFA-Hollywood has announced the three recipients for this year’s Winsor McCay Lifetime Achievement Award and they are Don Bluth, …
Incredible Sociology
One of the numerous interesting things about Brad Bird’s THE INCREDIBLES is that it’s a serious enough movie that it’s sparked thoughtful …
CONTEST #2
Here’s how it works – Each day I have two prizes. I will ask one simple question. The first two people with correct answers (or what I …
Scrappy Freebie
For months now, Scrappyland, my site for Scrappy appreciation, has been in preview mode. Folks sometimes ask me if I’ve forgotten or …
NY DISPATCH #3
I’m back from NY. The last week of the trip was unbelievably nuts, including a final stretch of 36 hours without sleep. Upon arrival in …
BUTTONS & PINS
One of my little hobbies beyond (but related to) animated cartoons is collecting buttons of cartoon characters. Specifically, I like …
CONTEST #1
Here’s how it works – Each day I have two prizes. I will ask one simple question. The first two people with correct answers (or what I …
DICK HUEMER MURAL
Richard P. Huemer, son of Scrappy animator Dick Huemer, has an urgent request:A bit of Disney history is about to crumble under the …
MR. LAWRENCE
There are two great events happening this Saturday in Los Angeles. Both are opposite each other at 3pm and I’m somewhat involved with …
THE GOLDEN AGE OF PIXAR
I just read this piece in Hollywood Reporter. It is typical of Hollywood’s constant astonishment with Pixar and the success of THE …
THE POLAR EXPRESS
Mo-CrapThis isn’t so much a review than it is a rant.I saw THE POLAR EXPRESS today, and my immediate take is: It’s awful. The INCREDIBLES …
An Expensive Lesson in Animation
I can’t think of anything sweeter than watching Zemeckis and Hanks fall flat on their faces with the absolutely pathetic opening of POLAR …
Evian’s Waterboy
Harald Siepermann points out an interesting European commercial recently created for Evian called “Waterboy.” The simple, yet effective, …
Cartoon Poster Extravaganza
In the world of online auctions, it’s practically impossible to compete with eBay–but for cartoon and comics fans, Heritage Comics does, …
VAN BEUREN’S TOM & JERRY
With those 99¢ Store dvds of Van Beuren’s TOM & JERRY flying off the shelves, interest in this early talkie cartoon duo has never been …
A SPACE CADET DIES
Mike Mallory dropped us this note:Ed Kemmer, star of “Space Patrol” on TV and the cheesy sci-fi film “The Spider”, has died at 84. …
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