Shorts

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 …

Classic

The Space Explorers

Research into the origins of the serialized feature The Space Explorers, by folks who grew up obsessed with it from TV viewings in the …

Internet/Blogs

Script That Classic

With all the debate over scripts versus storyboards, animation writer Steve Marmel (Fairly Oddparents, Danny Phantom, et al) has jumped …

Shorts

Stop, Look and Listen on TCM

Back in April, we posted to a YouTube link of Chuck Menville and Len Janson’s Oscar nominated live-action pixilation short, Stop, Look …

Animators

Brice Mack, RIP

Animation Magazine reports that background painter Brice Mack passed away on January 2 at the age of 90. His backgrounds appeared in …

Internet/Blogs

Matinee At The Bijou blog

My old pal Ron Hall has started writing a blog in conjunction with a revival of Matinee at the Bijou. Apparently new episodes of this …

Books

Bear Manor Books

While I was traveling to New York and Canada last week, I had the opportunity to catch up on several new books – including a trio of …

Feature Film

The Three Robbers

For those who doubt it – Hand drawn animated features are alive and well in Europe. Case in point: Die Drei Rauber (The Three …

TV

Colormation

This just in! Another candidate for my Comic Con program,Worst Cartoons Ever!… Talk about motion capture! It takes the Clutch …

Classic

Animation History Round-Up #2

A lot of readers seemed to enjoy the first Animation History Round-Up posted here a few weeks ago, so here’s another guide to rare …

Events

Animondays

Starting today, animator David B. Levy (president of Asifa-East) starts a new blog, Animondays, which he will update once a week. I’m …

Events

Mid-Atlantic Comic Con

Just a reminder that for those of you on the east coast, The Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention is the end of this week, September 13 …

Disney

Fresh-Up Freddie

Lest we forget: This year marks the anniversary of Disney’s biggest commercial cartoon star: Fresh-Up Freddie. It was fifty years ago …

Animators

RIP, David Hilberman

ASIFA-San Francisco president Karl Cohen forwarded a note to let us know that UPA co-founder and one of the last of the truly great …

Events

Platform Snaps

I’ll share my thoughts on the Platform festival in a bit, but first, a few snaps from this past week. As you can probably tell from these …

TV

New George of the Jungle in Flash

Here’s a sneak peek at some finished footage from the new Flash animated George Of the Jungle, in production by Studio B in Vancouver for …

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