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Must-Read Article About the Future of Media
If you read just one article this week, no, make that this month, make it Kevin Kelly’s “Becoming Screen Literate” from last weekend’s NY …
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Robert Burden’s Voltron
Artist Robert Burden set a time lapse camera on his canvas as he painted his tribute to Voltron:
Looney Tombs
Editor’s Note: Welcome to the first post by award-winning filmmaker and regular Guest Brewer Pes. Recently I’ve been spending a lot of …
Highlights from Ottawa
I’ve been in Ottawa since Wednesday and it’s been wall-to-wall screenings, presentations and panels (not to mention parties, meetings and …
New United Airlines Animated Spots
United Airlines has unveiled five new animated spots for the Beijing Olympics. The commercial are elegant, visually-driven and beautiful …
B&F meet Freleng and Clampett
Once again, I’ve dug out a few embarrassing photos of myself which I thought I’d post online for posterity. In 1982, Will Friedwald and …
Comic Con Followup: Looney Tunes Buttons
These mysterious Looney Tunes promotional buttons were handed out, one per day, at the DC Comics booth during the San Diego Comic Con. I …
The Old Family Toothbrush
There is still a lot of research to be done in documenting the silent era of animation. Leonard Maltin reports, on his Movie Crazy blog, …
Sleeping Beauty at the Academy
A newly restored, digitally remastered version of Walt Disney’s Sleeping Beauty (1959) will be presented on Friday, July 18, at 7:30 pm …
Christian Aid Week Spot
Richard Mitchelson writes in to tell me about a new ad that he animated in Flash for Christian Aid Week. Though created before any of the …
Orgesticulanismus by Mathieu Labaye
This one’s a must-see! Orgesticulanismus by Mathieu Labaye of Camera Etc. starts out slow but quickly turns into one of the most …
Leonard Maltin’s Movie Crazy
If you haven’t been a regular reader of Leonard Maltin’s website or his quarterly newsletter – both named Movie Crazy – you should be. …
Popeye DVD Vol. 2
It was officially announced today that Popeye the Sailor Vol. 2 from Warner Home Video will be released on June 17th 2008. Bonus …
Allan Melvin (1922-2008)
Character actor Allan Melvin – the voice of Magilla Gorilla – has passed away at age 84. He provided numerous voices for Hanna …
Re-Examining Mary Blair
Folks in and around the Bay Area should make a point to check out the “The Art and Flair of Mary Blair” exhibition which continues at the …
“How A Sausage Dog Works” (1971) by Julian Antonisz
I recently stumbled upon the work of Polish director Julian Antonisz (1941-1987), a previously unknown (to me) master of the camera-less …
Brickfilms and the Amateur Animation Community
There was a front page article in last weekend’s Wall Street Journal about the brickfilm community. Brickfilms is a general description …
Becky Fallberg, RIP
Jeff Kurtti writes to inform that Becky Fallberg has passed away at age 84. She worked at Disney from 1942 to 1986 in various capacities …
More about the Death of Paul Boyd
The CBC has a followup article about the tragic police shooting of Vancouver animator Paul Boyd, mentioned here yesterday. The article …
A Few Notes About Don Hertzfeldt
The dvd single of Don Hertzfeldt’s latest (and in my opinion, strongest and most intensely cinematic) short Everything Will Be OK goes on …
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