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Jaws Of Life
“Jaws of Life” is a freshly styled music video for the Canadian band Wintersleep directed by Sean Wainsteim (with James Mejia). Wainsteim …
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Mary Blair Cannot Be Killed!
Not sure what’s better – the title of the blog or the actual blog itself. “Mary Blair Cannot Be Killed” is an irreverent but loving …
Peter Kleinow (1934-2007)
Another of the old guard of animation, Pete Kleinow, has passed away. He was both a stop motion animator (with Art Clokey), and a renown …
REMEMBERING JOSEPH BARBERA (1911-2006)
Caricature by Patrick Owsley This post will be continually updated with stories and remembrances about Joseph Barbera (1911-2006). …
FESTIVAL REPORT: 2D OR NOT 2D
Animator Nancy Beiman (of the Rochester Intitute of Technology) sent in this first hand report from 2D OR NOT 2D FESTIVAL held in Everett …
PRIVATE SNAFU IN THE NEW YORK TIMES
Today’s NEW YORK TIMES has an ARTICLE that discusses how animation was used during the 1940s and ’50s to teach valuable medical lessons. …
TIME TRAVEL
Dan Hollis has been working in radio for the past 10 years as both the sales manager for Hackettstown, New Jersey radio station WRNJ and …
COMMENTARY: To Pitch Or Not To Pitch?
A few weeks ago, I commended New York animator Pat Smith for making this comment in an ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE interview: “The …
THE NIGHTMARE IN 3-D
The other night I had a chance to screen the 3-D version of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. All things considered, the folks …
Amid’s Notes from Ottawa 2006
The 2006 edition of the Ottawa International Animation Festival marked my fourth straight year that I’ve attended the festival. Instead …
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 …
NIGHTMARE IN 3-D
You may have already heard that Disney is re-releasing Tim Burton’s THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS on October 20th in Disney Digital 3-D …
Ed Benedict (1912-2006), RIP
Earlier this evening I received word from Van Partible and David Sheldon that animation legend Ed Benedict passed away in his sleep this …
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 …
Freddie Moore Slandered Again?
Jeff Lenburg’s new book WHO’S WHO IN ANIMATED CARTOONS apparently continues to perpetuate one of the big lies of animation history: that …
RANDOM PLUGS FOR A HOLIDAY WEEKEND
Stop-motion animator Joel Fletcher (Nightmare Before Christmas, Dinosaur, King Kong, Land Of The Lost, X-Men: The Last Stand) has …
CalArts at MoMA
“TOMORROWLAND: CalArts in Moving Pictures” is an ambitious film program (curated by Josh Siegel) that aims to document the work of …
A CAR-TUNE PORTRAIT
One of the hot things emerging on several cartoon blogs lately is the detailed deconstruction of classic animated features and shorts. By …
Disney/Pixar: Artists Speak
We asked yesterday evening for artists to send in their thoughts about the Disney/Pixar deal. Below are a select number of the responses …
Cool Historical Finds
Animator/director Joel Brinkerhoff emailed me with a couple of his recent historical discoveries that he wanted to share. I thought they …
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