Uli Meyer on Art Babbitt
Director/animator Uli Meyer sent in the following personal story after I posted the link to the NY TIMES story about Art Babbitt’s second …
Director/animator Uli Meyer sent in the following personal story after I posted the link to the NY TIMES story about Art Babbitt’s second …
Holocoast survivor Dina Gottliebova Babbitt, who was the second wife of legendary animator/director Art Babbitt, is profiled in this …
It’s getting so that every animation artist has a blog. Maybe in the next update, I’ll do a post about artists who don’t have blogs. Now …
A bunch of fine articles were sent our way…First, The New York Times ran a small piece in yesterday’s Sunday edition, about our friends …
Joe Dante sent us what must be the first article ever published about Warner Bros. cartoons. It’s from the December 7th 1930 edition of …
It looks like the SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE’s Mick LaSalle isn’t alone when it comes to film critics who make uninformed sweeping …
One of my last-second purchases on Sunday, just before I left the San Diego Comic Con, was snagging this copy of the November 1936 issue …
Animation director Mike Sporn is always posting inspiring items on his Splog, among them, these two rare magazine articles about stop …
Animation artist Cholki Han was inspired by the Annecy pics I posted yesterday and did some amusing caricatures of folks in the photos …
Animated humanoid automobiles aren’t new – (Friz Freleng’s STREAMLINED GRETA GREEN (1937), Tex Avery’s ONE CAB’S FAMILY (1952), and …
Worth a read: in the latest issue of TATE ETC., the magazine of UK’s Tate museums, there is a nice appreciation of the experimental …
“TOMORROWLAND: CalArts in Moving Pictures” is an ambitious film program (curated by Josh Siegel) that aims to document the work of …
Here’s a Sunday morning treat. Steve Worth at ASIFA-Hollywood’s Animation Archive has posted a beautiful set of eight TERRYTOON lobby …
Speaking of CARS, don’t miss the Cars Little Golden Book. I just found it at my local Barnes & Noble last night. Once again Disney …
Mystery solved! Rich LaPierre, at Hallmark Cards, is the artist/designer of the new Looney Tunes greeting cards I’ve been raving about. …
Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck may be gone from the Cartoon Network, but we seem to be in the midst of a new “golden age” of Looney Tunes …
Brew reader Chris Jackson spotted this attractive greeting card at the drug store. Says Chris:I saw this greeting card in Walgreens this …
The posting of the January 1940 Popular Mechanics article on Disney’s PINOCCHIO last week has inspired me to dig out this September 1944 …
If you were like me and unable to attend the I AM 8-BIT opening earlier this week, you’ll be pleased to know that there’s many photos of …
Here’s a chance to see what Pixar artists draw in their off hours. San Francisco’s Canvas Gallery will host Combined Weight, a collection …