Events

Sundance Shorts Line-Up Announced

The Sundance Film Festival announced today their short film selections for the 2009 festival which runs January 15-25 in Park City, Utah. …

Feature Film

$9.99

$9.99 is a new clay animated feature-length movie opening in Los Angeles for an Oscar qualifying one week engagement on December 12th. …

Animators

The Amazing Mr. Bickford

Clay puppets, miniature sets, cutouts, replacement animation, aluminum foil, “strato-cut” slices, molten wax, and other techniques… …

Books

Inside UPA Update

It’s been a while since I’ve posted an update on my latest book Inside UPA but there’s a couple important reasons to write about it now. …

Events

To Hell With Hitler!

Next Tuesday, 2/19, at 7:30 p.m., ASIFA Atlanta is putting on To Hell with Hitler, a program of WW2-era cartoons at the Plaza Theatre ($4 …

Shorts

Visions of Frank dvd

Visions of Frank is a dvd that came out last year collecting eight animated shorts by Japanese animators, all based on Jim Woodring’s …

Events

The Future of Character Animation

The Visual Effects Society is holding a panel on Saturday January 19th on The Future of Character Animation. Frank Gladstone (formerly of …

Books

Inside UPA Now Shipping!

Satisfied customer Daniel Stone was awesome enough to post this photo of himself and the book on his blog Good news just in time for …

Shorts

Billy Collins Action Poetry

BCActionPoet.org is a delightful series of eleven bite-sized shorts, each set to a poem by US Poet Laureate Billy Collins and read in an …

Animators

R.I.P. Alexander Tatarski

I just got word that Alexander Tatarski, an internationally known and praised animator, has passed away. He died yesterday at age …

Animators

ASIFA-Hollywood Double Header

ASIFA-Hollywood is presenting two animation events this month well worth your time and participation. Bill Plympton: On Wednesday …

Feature Film

Chris Sanders to DreamWorks

After animation director Chris Sanders (Lilo and Stitch) was unceremoniously booted off of Disney’s American Dog, it was obvious that …

Classic

Gumby World

It’s easy to knock Gumby… He’s been mocked by Saturday Night Live, trivialized in junk merchandise, and mostly ignored by the …

TV

Purple And Brown

A lot of Aardman’s work in recent years has been too slick and labored for its own good, but one of their new series marks a wonderful …

CGI

The Mouse Goes Mo-Cap

“Hi! I’m Mr. Mo Cap! I’m the future of animation!” I woke up this morning to the news that Disney is entering a partnership with …

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