Bad Ideas

Cartoon Network=Cartoon Stupid

I nominate this exchange between director/illustrator Ward Jenkins and his daughter, Ava, as the best animation-related tweet of the day:

Advertising

Cool Vintage Cartoon Ads

Ahhh… once upon a time! This pretty much sums up my childhood (except my hair was longer). Reader Billie Towser sent in these 1940s-50s …

TV

Glenn Martin, DDS Talkback

Nick-at-Nite’s new animated series, the one produced by Michael Eisner, made it’s debut tonight. Anyone catch it? I did, and despite the …

TV

Cartoon Network loses gamble

The LA Times has a huge front page story in it’s Business section today, reporting on Cartoon Network’s recent programming gamble on live …

Cartoon Modern

1955 UPA article

Sam Henderson has uploaded a rare, heavily illustrated article about UPA on his Magic Whistle blog. The article, by Catherine Sullivan, …

Shorts

Flight Patterns by Charlie McCarthy

Nature is an experimental animator. This is a video of long-exposure photos of bugs moving under a street light. While the process is not …

TV

Cartoon Network on Craigslist

Filmmaker Gavin Freitas found this notice on Craigslist:Cartoon Network seeks Teens (12-18) for new competition show! (Los …

Events

Cartoon Dump Tonight!

If you’re stuck in Los Angeles, and you can’t get into tonight’s Academy program with John Lasseter and Hayao Miyazaki, take heart! …

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