Disney

Film Review: Walt and El Grupo

Walt and El Grupo is the new feature length documentary about the two month tour of South America that Walt and his staff (which included …

TV

Dallas McKennon 1919-2009

Just got word that Dallas McKennon passed away this morning. Sunday would’ve been his 90th birthday. Dal was a prolific voice in …

Animators

NY Times on Miyazaki’s US tour

The New York Times is reporting that Hayao Miyazaki will indeed appear (with John Lasseter) on July 24th at the San Diego Comic Con. At …

Ideas/Commentary

Animation for Adults?

Animation is not strictly a kids medium, despite the general perception (here in the U.S.) that it is. Clearly – South Park, Adult Swim …

Business

Forbes Magazine on Animation

Forbes.com just posted a rather flimsy column about animated features, discussing how much money they make and claiming there are “45 or …

Books

Book Review: To Infinity and Beyond

To Infinity and Beyond!: The Story of Pixar Animation Studios (Chronicle Books, 2007) by Karen Paik is exactly the type of book you’d …

Disney

John Lasseter in the NY Times

Yesterday’s New York Times featured an interview with John Lasseter and some interesting bits can be gleaned from the article. One thing …

Old Brew

A Monster of a Review

A prominent Pixar animator emailed me last night with the subject header “This is real” and a link to this must-read-to-believe SAN …

Old Brew

LITTLE MAN = BABY BUGGY BUNNY

I noticed the similarities to the current feature film LITTLE MAN to a particular Bugs Bunny cartoon when I first saw the trailer back on …

Old Brew

Pictoplasma Conference Report

The 1st Pictoplasma Conference On Contemporary Character Design & Art (my previous comments HERE) took place in Berlin, Germany from Oct. …

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