Animators

Free Animation Book Idea #2

Picking up where we left off last month, here’s another book idea that’s free for the taking. The proposal is rather straightforward: a …

Classic

Long Drawn-Out Trip by Gerald Scarfe

The Lost Continent is a real treasure of a blog and has introduced me to lots of great British animation over the past few months, some …

Animators

Ray Favata

Ray Favata (l.) with Jules Feiffer at Terrytoons My pal, Ray Favata, is the subject of a lengthy profile in this week’s Post-Star …

Classic

The Man Behind the First Tom & Jerry

A decade before Van Beuren’s Mutt & Jeff-like rubber-hose human pair, and many decades before Hanna-Barbera’s Oscar-winning cat and …

Comics

John Stanley

I’ve always been aware of John Stanley, the comic book writer and artist best known for his classic Little Lulu stories (drawn by Irving …

TV

‘Adventure Time’ is coming!

I have no love for Cartoon Network these days, but I will not let that stop me from trumpeting the forthcoming debut of Pendelton Ward’s …

Comics

Jason Brubaker’s reMIND

Jason Brubaker, currently at Dreamworks, has been working in the freelance commercial world, art directing, animating and toiling on a …

Animators

Art Clokey 1921-2010

Art Clokey, creator of Gumby, died this morning according to San Luis Obispo.com. Clokey, who lived in Los Osos, California was 89. …

Books

The Best Animation Books of 2009

Here are my picks for the best animation books of 2009. The Colors of Mary Blair –A catalog for an exhibition that happened …

TV

Tele-tactics

Back around 1975-1977 there was a 3rd-rate non-union animation studio in New York that many of my friends worked for. It was called …

TV

Looney Tunes News

Here’s some GOOD Cartoon Network news for a change. The classic Looney Tunes will be returning to Cartoon Network next Sunday. They are …

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