Books

BOOK GIVEAWAY: “The Art of Pixar”

THANKS TO ALL WHO ENTERED! We’ll do a random drawing and post the results in the comments section sometime on Saturday afternoon. I …

Cartoon Culture

Don Markstein (1947-2012)

Don Markstein may not have been a household name in animation circles, but he was one of the best friends comics and cartoon history ever …

Events

The Greatest Cartoons EVER! (Part 2)

Looking for something to do after all the presents have been opened and all the parties are over? On Monday, December 26th at 2 & 7 pm, …

Events

Jerry’s Cartoon Holiday Events!

The holidays are upon us – but that’s no excuse to stop watching cartoons on the big screen in Los Angeles! Ye olde Brewmaster (Jerry …

biz

Call For Entries: TAIS AniJam

In honour of the TAIS mascot and this year’s Chinese zodiac sign, we are proud to announce that this year¹s theme for the TAIS …

Classic

Who owns Betty Boop?

Apparently the Fleischer estate has lost a court battle for the rights to Betty Boop, a character created by Grim Natwick at Max …

Books

New Books

The Vault of Walt by my old friend Jim Korkis is a great read and must have for anyone interested in the history of Walt Disney. Korkis …

Animators

Bill Littlejohn (1914-2010)

Word has just reached us that veteran animator Bill Littlejohn passed away in his sleep last night. He was 96. Littlejohn was born in …

Events

Jerry’s Labor Day Weekend

There’s a holiday weekend coming up – and as usual, I’ll be spending most of it in a darkened theatre – starting tonight! I’ll …

Classic

Original MGM Cartoon title art

The image above left is the original art, for the original title card of Rudolf Ising’s 1940 MGM Cartoon, The Fishing Bear. The image …

Books

Stop Motion Marvels

If you’ve been following recent trends in animation you’ve noticed that stop-motion is alive and well, in fact in better shape today than …

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