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LA REMINDERS

Tonight:A tribute to Frédéric Back, with a screening and a panel discussion with Pete Docter (Pixar), Production Designer Paul Felix …

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CHUCK JONES: CONVERSATIONS

I’ve been neglect in mentioning the forthcoming publication of Maureen Furniss’s wonderful collection of Chuck Jones interviews, Chuck …

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L.A. REMINDERS

Tonight: Cartoon Network, Lucasfilm, and ASIFA-Hollywood present ANIMATION A-GO-GO! TWO NIGHTS WITH GENNDY TARTAKOVSKY at the Egyptian …

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MORE SOCAL DATES

Jot these dates down in your calendar book.The Art of Dr. Suess – a touring exhibit is now showing in Orange County, at the Sarah Bain …

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GENNDY A GO-GO

Cartoon Network, Lucasfilm, and ASIFA-Hollywood are teaming up March 18 – 19, 2005 to present ANIMATION A-GO-GO! TWO NIGHTS WITH GENNDY …

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Must-Read Brad Bird Interview

Mike Barrier has posted the full text of his interview with Brad Bird on his website MichaelBarrier.com and it’s a highly recommended …

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Frédéric Back

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences will be holding it’s 9th Annual Marc Davis Lecture on Animation Wednesday March 23rd at …

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Monday Morning Inspiration

Here’s a work by Bay Area animation veteran Charlie Canfield called HIDE & SEEK. Download it HERE (23mb). It’s a light minute-and-a-half …

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Nicktoons Film Fest Winners

The winners of the Nicktoons Film Festival (produced by Frederator and ANIMATION MAGAZINE) were recently announced and the $10,000 Grand …

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RAY HARRYHAUSEN: THE EARLY YEARS

Ray Harryhausen is making several live appearences in L.A. during the next few weeks to promote his book (which I got for Christmas) and …

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Considering Merryweather

I’ve been considering the weather a lot lately, as have most of us in Los Angeles and all parts East. I’m particularly annoyed with all …

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New Year, New Guest Brewer

After a terrific run by Harry McCracken, we’re excited to introduce our first Guest Brewer of 2005: Rita Street. Many of you know her …

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Quote of the Day

“There is a contingent of the digital-effects community to whom that is the holy grail – to create photographically real humans. To me …

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Misplaced Honor

ASIFA-Hollywood has announced the three recipients for this year’s Winsor McCay Lifetime Achievement Award and they are Don Bluth, …

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NYU JOB OPENING

John Canemaker tells us of a search for a 3-D Computer Animation Teacher at NEW YORK UNIVERSITY Tisch School of the Arts Kanbar Institute …

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The Return of Stevie and Zoya

Here’s something exciting. Joe Horne is producing new Flash episodes of THE ADVENTURES OF STEVIE & ZOYA. It seems only appropriate to …

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OSCAR QUALIFIED

According to Daily Variety, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has officially qualified 11 films for competition in the …

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Pictoplasma Conference Report

The 1st Pictoplasma Conference On Contemporary Character Design & Art (my previous comments HERE) took place in Berlin, Germany from Oct. …

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Amid in Ottawa

I’m off to the Ottawa Animation Festival, which starts this evening (it’s going to be a mighty long day). There’s an amazing line-up of …

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