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FOLLOW-UP: JONES MURAL SAVED!
This just in from John Tebbel:Great news. The power of Chuck Jones triumphs.Due to the pitching in of lots of folks, chief among them …
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Directing TV Animation Part 2
Directors don’t always have input into character designs for a TV series, but they should. There are many design issues that have …
Tim Biskup’s 100 Paintings
Tim Biskup’s new book 100 PAINTINGS is tiny – about 5″ x 5″ – but that’s because the 100 paintings in it are even tinier – 3-1/2″ x …
Directing TV Animation Part 1
The job of directing an animated TV show varies with each production. There’s no single way to approach it and how much power a …
DISNEY WARTIME CARTOONS TONIGHT
I WANT YOU to join me and Disney producer Dave Bossert at a special screening, tonight, of 35mm restored prints of Walt Disney World War …
GREG BURSON ARRESTED
Animation voice actor Greg Burson, best known for Yogi Bear and Bugs Bunny (“Carrotblanca”) was arrested at his home in Tujunga. Early …
The TV Animation Business Part 5
How Companies Keep Their Costs Down: Co-production Imagine this scenario. You live in the United States, but when you turn on your …
BEST BUY BARGAINS
Tipped by a reader, I made a trip to a local Best Buy in search of a intriguing DVD set of Abbott & Costello features Universal is …
The TV Animation Business Part 4
How Companies Keep Their Costs Down: Outsourcing Because the number of channels is growing proportionally faster than the number of …
SIMPSONS Voice Actors Swimming in D’oh
The LA WEEKLY’s Nikki Finke writes a fascinating account of the childish behind-the-scenes maneuvering that went on during the recently …
Animator Volus Jones, RIP
Animator Volus Jones passed away on May 3 at the age of 90. He worked in animation from 1934 through 1982 at studios including …
ON THE FRONT LINES
What can I say? It’s amazing!I never thought I’d live to see the day they’d release restored, perfect copies of DER FUEHRER’S FACE, …
JOHN SEELY 1923-2004
John Seely recieved music credit on six Warner Bros. cartoons released in 1958 – when Milt Franklin and the Warner studio musicians went …
The TV Animation Business Part 2
How Multinational Corporations Thrive As I mentioned in the last installment, the paradox of the TV business is that the increasing …
Fractured Fairy Tales
Anybody who thinks their life is pathetic will feel a lot better after reading this. Micah Ian Wright, a former writer for Nickelodeon’s …
The TV Animation Business Part 1
Three Ways to Make Money I’ve worked in different kinds of television animation for my entire career. As a result, I’ve …
More on Indian Outsourcing
Harvey Deneroff, who runs the invaluable industry news site Deneroff.com, points out another recent article on Indian outsourcing from …
POPEYE ON DVD – PART 2
As long as I’m on a rant about POPEYE on DVD, allow me to shamelessly plug a brand new release from the friendly folks at VCI …
Chuck Jones Mural In Danger of Being Destroyed
My friend John Tebbel has been volunteering at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (moccany.org) in New York City. He wrote into the BREW …
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