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Animation History Round-Up #4
• Rediscovering the early illustration work of Fifties-era animation designer Cliff Roberts. • The new …
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San Francisco International Animation Festival
The San Francisco Film Society has announced its intention to mount the second annual San Francisco International Animation Festival …
Joy To The World
A fun little 1930s style TV spot for Sky TV animated by Richard Bazley (Roger Rabbit, Iron Giant, etc.). Read about the making of it on …
The Three Robbers
For those who doubt it – Hand drawn animated features are alive and well in Europe. Case in point: Die Drei Rauber (The Three …
Animation History Round-Up #3
• Disney theme park designs by animator Marc Davis. • Funny frame grabs from an Iwerks Willie Whopper …
Report from Ottawa: Persepolis and Goofy
From the sublime to the ridiculous… My laryngitis on Wednesday developed into a full fledged cold on Thursday and Friday, forcing me …
Animation History Round-Up #2
A lot of readers seemed to enjoy the first Animation History Round-Up posted here a few weeks ago, so here’s another guide to rare …
The Chestnut Tree
Bert and Jennifer Klein just finished producing a very charming 4-minute hand drawn short called The Chestnut Tree. It was directed and …
Nicolai Troshinsky
Born in Moscow and currently living in Spain, 22-year-old illustrator/animator Nicolai Troshinsky creates beautiful lyrical mini-films in …
Bill Littlejohn Interview
Above: Bill Littlejohn at Playhouse Pictures in 1962 Whenever I’m depressed about the state of contemporary animation, I think about …
‘Karnival’ by Jun seo Hahm
Karnival is a series of super-short animated pieces created by Jun seo Hahm at Portland commercial studio Bent Image Lab. The first two …
1955 Terrytoons article for kids
Animator Mark Kausler (who has a great new blog, by the way) recently unearthed this 1955 article on Terrytoons, written for children, …
Spilled Oil
Here’s a nice environmentally-themed complement to the Koji Yamamura piece posted on the Brew yesterday. Spilled Oil is a new hand-drawn …
Man and Whale by Koji Yamamura
I was half-expecting to see something like HornyManatee.com when I clicked on the site WhaleLove.org, but it turns out that it’s a legit …
A Few Good Blogs
Three good artist blogs you can’t go wrong with… Alberto Mielgo is among those animation artists today whose work really excites …
BNN Interstitials by Greg Lawson
Greg Lawson, owner of Amsterdam-based animation studio Lawson & Whatshisname, is directing a series of 40 interstitials for the Dutch TV …
San Diego Comic Con: Animation Programming
They’ve just posted the complete schedule of programming for the San Diego Comic Con, July 26-29. Below I’ve extracted the animation …
M.I.A.’s “Boyz”
M.I.A.’s new music video “Boyz” is a brilliant mashup of contemporary Jamaican dance and lo-fi abstract animation. It’s easily one of the …
Ratatouille Triumphant
Brad Bird at last night’s world premiere of Ratatouille at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood. The best film of the summer will be …
New Animation Blogs
A couple new blogs which I’ll be visiting frequently: Director/animator/writer Will Finn has started a personal blog. In his …
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