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Major Disney Exhibit in Paris

I’ve known about this exhibition for a while, but it didn’t occur to me that I should post about it until a friend mentioned that it …

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POLAR PLAYMATES

Three nice cels from Polar Playmates (1946) are currently up for sale on ebay.Polar Playmates, directed by former Disney animator Howard …

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Baxton Benefit Auction results

The Baxton Benefict Auction at CalArts this past weekend was a huge success, raising over $32,000, which will be going directly towards …

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BOB BOYLE’S NEW SHOWS

Welcome to the Boyle-Age of cartoons!Last week I was invited to breakfast on the Disney lot and had a look behind the scenes of Toon …

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Fuming over Tom & Jerry’s Fumes

At least a half dozen people have emailed me about Turner Broadcasting’s decision in Britain to start censoring over 1500 Hanna-Barbera …

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NORMAN McLAREN

Tomorrow night, August 18th, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in Beverly Hills will present A Salute To Norman McLaren, …

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Baxton Benefit Auction

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST and ICE AGE art director Brian McEntee writes to let me know of a good cause that’s bringing the animation community …

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Canada’s Mick LaSalle

Mick LaSalle is quickly becoming a household name; in the past week, his awful MONSTER HOUSE has been picked up all over the blogosphere …

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MEDICAL TOONS

Rarely screened historic medical cartoons will be featured in a film series this fall at the National Academies in Washington DC. The …

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ACADEMY SALUTE TO NORMAN McLAREN

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences in Beverly Hills has set Friday August 18th for A Salute To Norman McLaren. Hosted by …

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DISNEY’S LITTLE MATCHGIRL

Several days ago Amid posted some harsh reactions to Disney’s new 2-D short, The Little Matchgirl, screened at Annecy. I saw the film a …

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NANCY BEIMAN’S BOOK

Disney and Warner Bros. animator/director and teacher, Nancy Beiman is writing her first book: PREPARE TO BOARD! Creating Story and …

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MEET JUNE FORAY AND COREY BURTON

On Wednesday, May 17th, Van Eaton Galleries will host a benefit for the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archives: The Art of Voice Acting for …

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THE LOOKING BOX

Here’s some fresh talent. Two young Dutch animators, Joost van den Bosch and Erik Verkerk (Ka-Ching Cartoons), have posted a test section …

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THE BROTHERS QUAY IN LA

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences’s annual Marc Davis Lecture will be presented on Friday, April 21st. In a year that saw two …

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COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA

Films by Jove, owners of the Russian Soyuzmultfilm Studios film library, has invested more than $3 million to digitally restore the 1,500 …

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