Feature Film

“Mars Needs Moms” talkback

Disney’s Mars Needs Moms opened today. It got no love from The New York Times where reviewer Mike Hale began his critique this way:”It …

biz

IMAGI Buys Toon Express

Hong Kong (February 20, 2011) — IMAGI International Holdings Limited, has announced on Friday February 18, 2011 the acquisition of Toon …

Feature Film

Winnie The Pooh (2011)

The Associated Press has posted the first image (above) from Disney’s forthcoming old school 2D Winnie The Pooh feature, scheduled for …

Animators

Bill Littlejohn (1914-2010)

Word has just reached us that veteran animator Bill Littlejohn passed away in his sleep last night. He was 96. Littlejohn was born in …

Disney

INCEPTION rips off Uncle Scrooge

Was the plot of Christopher Nolan’s Inception inspired by a Don Rosa Uncle Scrooge comic book story? In the story, created for the …

Books

BOOK REVIEW: Studio Cards

One of my recent book purchases is Studio Cards: Funny Greeting Cards and People Who Created Them (2004). I needed the book for research …

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 …

Disney

Tangled?

Well, it’s official. Disney’s Rapunzel has been renamed Tangled. *sigh* Not as bad a title as The Emperor’s New Groove, but still… …

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 …

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