Political Cartoon Season
Last night, THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO premiered the new Jibjab short GOOD TO BE IN DC, which is a sequel of sorts to their …
Last night, THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO premiered the new Jibjab short GOOD TO BE IN DC, which is a sequel of sorts to their …
DAWS BUTLER: CHARACTERS ACTOR, the official biography of the voice of Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound, by Joe Bevilacqua and Ben Ohmart …
11 Films by Dan McLaughlin is a new DVD compilation featuring eleven short films by filmmaker Dan McLaughlin, head of the world-renowned …
Talk about “below the radar”. Has anyone heard of this upcoming 2-D feature film? Does anyone care?THE EASTER EGG ESCAPADE is supposedly …
BREW pal, New York cartoonist/animator Mark Newgarden, has written a new book which I’m very much looking forward to picking up when it’s …
Tuesday, July 19, 2004_________________________ The day is a blur of work, my efforts obscured from memory by a fog of exhaustion. All …
Long time readers of my Cartoon Research website know that I’m absolutely fanatic over original titles. In fact I have a whole section of …
I’m excited about WALT’S PEOPLE – TALKING DISNEY WITH THE ARTISTS WHO KNEW HIM, a new book project being edited by Didier Ghez. Each book …
One of my favorite comedians Rodney Dangerfield passed away today.I am a big fan of his work in several comedies, particularly THE …
In his latest article for AWN, The Animation Pimp explores the assholeishness of Donald Duck and arrives at the tragic, all too human, …
SIMPSONS creator Matt Groening talks to THE SUN about his new goal: “I’d love to get to 365 episodes, so there’s one for every day of the …
Sunday, July 18, 2004_________________________ I take a (sixty dollar!) cab ride to the Blue Lagoon, Iceland’s largest geothermal spa. …
Asifa-East is finally getting serious about it’s internet presence. Animator Xeth Feinberg (MishMash Media) is the new webmaster of the …
A couple cool cartoon finds to report from my recent sidetrip to Montreal. The first was my discovery of cartoonist La Palme. In one of …
Ward Jenkins, a talented director and designer at Atlanta’s Primal Screen who I finally met in Ottawa last week after many email …
Charicature byOllie JohnstonLast night at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, Disney held a memorial for Frank Thomas. It was a …
Ottawa ’04 has concluded and a complete list of winners can be found HERE. Grand prize for short film went to Chris Landreth’s RYAN and …
Watching Anime, Reading Manga, and I highly recommend it. It’s hard to believe that this is technically Fred’s first book. (He’s …
Sony officially announced it’s intent to buy MGM this week. To raise the billion-dollar plus asking price needed to make the purchase, …
I’m off to the Ottawa Animation Festival, which starts this evening (it’s going to be a mighty long day). There’s an amazing line-up of …