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NHL & Stan Lee Hire Vicon to develop short films around new superhero franchise
Vicon House of Moves Completes NHL/Stan Lee Superhero Franchise Debut ‘The Guardian Project’ short film premieres during NHL …
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2010 Annie Award Nominations Announced
ASIFA-Hollywood, the Los Angeles branch of the International Animated Film Society, announced its nominations this morning for the 38th …
FRIDAY IN L.A: Hugo The Hippo vs. UCLA Archive?
Decisions, Decisions! Tonight in L.A. (4/14) you have your choice: 1. From Inkwell to Desktop: A Selection of Early Hand Drawn and …
Vanity Fair on Disney’s Ink-and-Paint Girls
Patricia Zohn writes about Disney’s ink-and-paint girls in this month’s Vanity Fair. She started researching the topic after speaking to …
What Tex Avery And Frank Zappa Both Knew About Making Great Entertainment
Want to understand why entertaining cartoons are all but impossible to produce nowadays? You can have the answer in just two short …
It All Started Here!
Here’s a restored 1936 Fleischer Studios drawing wedge (click photo above to see larger image). It’s made of wood and fitted with …
Oktapodi Online
The French CG student film Oktapodi has been winning all sorts of awards this year including the “Best Animation” prize at the Imagina …
Brad Bird on Ollie Johnston
Ollie Johnston’s cameo in Brad Bird’s The Iron Giant We asked Brad Bird, Oscar-winning director of Ratatouille and The Incredibles, if …
Animators at Work
Animator David Nethery has created a wonderful photo album of classic and contemporary animators at their animation desks.
More About Disney’s New Shorts Program
From Business Week, this article offers a few new details about Disney’s shorts program. Among the tidbits: * The budgets for these …
Chris Ishii’s Lil’ Neebo
I was bummed when animation artist Chris Ishii passed away in 2001 because I’d had his phone number on my desktop for quite a while and …
Alone, Stinking And Unafraid: Fallen Angels
Cartoon Brew’s Jerry and Amid are pleased to welcome our friend Chris Robinson and his new semi-regular column Alone Stinking and …
2007 Animated Short Oscar Shortlist
Circulating amongst animators this week was the shortlist of possible Oscar nominees in the Animation Short Film category. The final …
MARV NEWLAND’S GARAGE SALE
I had the pleasure of seeing my old friend Marv Newland (Bambi Meets Godzilla) up at the Ottawa Festival last week. He was handing out …
Jan Svochak (1926-2006)
J.J. Sedelmaier sends us this sad news:I just wanted to let you and others know that Jan Svochak passed away yesterday afternoon. He was …
Annecy 2006 Winners
A number of the winning films from this year’s Annecy animation festival can be seen on-line in their entirety. Here’s links to the ones …
RIK MAKI AT VAN EATON GALLERIES
Rik Maki began his career as a baseball pitcher in the minor leagues for seven years before trading in his wooden bat for a wooden …
Toys from Cool Cartoonists
Critterbox is selling a unique set of toy figures designed by five of the best alternative cartoonists today: Kaz, Tim Biskup, Tony …
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