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ASIFA’S ANIMATION ARCHIVE

Steve Worth has been working like gangbusters to get Asifa-Hollywood’s Animation Archive up and running. The Animation Center at 2114 W. …

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MATINEE MOUSE

When is a theatrical release not a theatrical release?As someone who is monitoring U.S. theatrical animated releases – for both my …

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CINECON & JANET KLEIN

This’ll be slightly off-topic. I’m plugging my whereabouts the next five days. Tomorrow night I will be in two places at once. First I’ll …

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Harald Siepermann Blog

Our friend Harald Siepermann, a mighty talented character designer who lives in Germany, has started his own blog HERE. Just a few of the …

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DAN BESSIE ON BERNIE GRUVER

Filmmaker and former animator Dan Bessie sent in this reminiscence of his friend Bernard Gruver, after seeing Gruver’s name referenced …

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LA Film Fest Animation Screenings

Tom Knott writes to let us know that there’s a lot of interesting and rare animation programs happening this month during the Los Angeles …

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REVIEW: MIND GAME

It’s not often that I get excited about an animated feature, particularly a Japanese animated feature, but I’m really eager to check out …

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FANZINES

Anne D. Bernstein sent me notice of a current Fanzine Exhibition at Phildelphia University. Now that websites have all but taken the …

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TODAY’S OPUS

I don’t know if anyone else noticed today’s OPUS strip by Berkeley Breathed – but it certainly caught my eye. (If anyone can lead me to …

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BIG POP FUN

In case you were wondering whatever happened to “Biff” from Back To The Future – he’s making his living doing voices in cartoons such as …

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A Stop Motion Plog

Stop motion veteran Tennessee Reid Norton has started a plog (production blog) documenting the making of his indie stopmo short RICHARD …

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Oscar Grillo’s Blog

The legendary Oscar Grillo has started his own blog HERE. It features a terrific drawing everyday and links to classic jazz tunes. Most …

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BRUNETTI’S JPEG COLLECTION

Alternative cartoonist Ivan Brunetti has posted his collection of oddball cartoon memorabilia which includes a few nice pieces of vintage …

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REPORT FROM MOUSE HEAVEN

Brew New York galpal Anne D. Bernstein went to see the new Kenneth Anger film tribute to Disney. Here’s her report from MoMA:The event …

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OSBORN’S DILBERT

I’d never heard of cartoonist Robert Osborn before today.Cartoonist Paul Giambarba has started a new weblog devoted to cartoonists past …

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A Brush With Will Eisner

Mark Bunker sent in this nice memory of recently departed comic legend Will Eisner: Eisner has long been my favorite comic book artist. …

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Early thoughts on Open Season

Sony Imageworks’s first feature OPEN SEASON already has one major strike against it: three co-directors. In my opinion, great animated …

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