Ideas/Commentary

The Bigger Picture

As an ex-theatrical film distributor myself, I’m always following trends in the industry as it evolves due to new technologies and …

Classic

Pingwings Rediscovered

Tony Mines of Spite Your Face Productions sent me a note about an early-1960s British animated series, The Pingwings, which had been …

Classic

Droopy on DVD: Uncut and DVNR’d

David Mackenzie has gotten his hands on the hotly anticipated dvd set Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection, slated for release on …

TV

Beany & Cecil Boards by Bruce Timm

File this under “Weird Things I’ve Accumulated Over the Years.” While cleaning out some boxes recently, I ran across photocopies of a …

Shorts

Your Feet’s Too Big by Nancy Beiman

What a great way to start the week! Your Feet’s Too Big (1983) is a beautifully drawn short by animator/author/teacher Nancy Beiman, set …

Ideas/Commentary

The Saga of Todd Goldman

Todd Goldman is a talented artist whose t-shirt/apparel company David and Goliath, Inc. made $90 million in 2004. That’s hardly a …

Advertising

Fox’s Oleg

Last week the Wall Street Journal ran an article about a new animated series on Fox called Oleg the Taxi Man. The cartoons, however, are …

Disney

New Peter Pan DVD Ruined?

I haven’t seen the new Peter Pan 2-Disc Platinum Edition, but according to the prolific UK animation director Oscar Grillo, the dvd is a …

Shorts

The Animation Show on iTunes

Last week our friends at The Animation Show started selling independent animated shorts on Apple’s iTunes. The films from their touring …

Books

The Complete POGO

Great news for fans of Walt Kelly (like me). Fantagraphics Books has acquired the rights to publish a comprehensive series of Walt …

TV

Yo Gabba Gabba! Greenlit

YO GABBA GABBA! has been picked up for twenty half-hour episodes by Nick Jr. The kooky live-action/animated preschooler variety show is …

Old Brew

Meet Zombie Redenbacher

One more interesting fact about this spot: it was directed at Digital Domain by none other than David Fincher (FIGHT CLUB, SE7EN), who …

Old Brew

Footage from Disney’s Enchanted

The first footage for Disney’s upcoming live-action/2d-animated film ENCHANTED has appeared online. A few seconds can be seen at the tail …

Old Brew

Music At The El Cap

Starting tonight, The El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood is running a sing-a-long revival of MARY POPPINS for the rest of the month. The El …

Old Brew

Kaj Pindal Alive and Well

photo by Fatkat Animation Studios Earlier today, I ran an item about Kaj Pindal’s passing, but as many have emailed, he is, in fact, …

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