Books

Miguel Covarrubias Book

It’s turning out to be quite a year for aficionados of 20th century illustration. First there’s the upcoming Charley Harper volume (I saw …

Shorts

Madame Tutli-Putli

The indie animation blog Hydrocephalic Bunny informs about a very interesting looking new stop motion short out of the National Film …

Events

McLaren Remixed

FPS Magazine informs us about Norman, a new mixed-media stage production that combines the works of an animation legend with live …

Shorts

NFB’s Hothouse

Every year, for the past four years, the National Film Board of Canada has been running a neat program called Hothouse. The idea is …

Events

Japan Media Arts Festival

The Japan Media Arts Festival has announced the winners of it’s 10th annual competition and have set up a very nice website offering …

Animators

Chris Ishii’s Lil’ Neebo

I was bummed when animation artist Chris Ishii passed away in 2001 because I’d had his phone number on my desktop for quite a while and …

Animators

Ryan Larkin (1943-2007)

Canadian animation legend Ryan Larkin passed away on February 14 from brain cancer. Larkin directed and animated the 1969 Oscar-nominated …

Cartoon Culture

Tashlin ad on eBay

Who knew Frank Tashlin was still doing commercial art in 1948? I didn’t. This is currently for sale on eBay.

Old Brew

Jaws Of Life

“Jaws of Life” is a freshly styled music video for the Canadian band Wintersleep directed by Sean Wainsteim (with James Mejia). Wainsteim …

Old Brew

Animation Show Contest

Courtesy of our pals at The Animation Show we have four copies of the new dvd set of the ANIMATION SHOW Volumes 1 & 2 just out from …

Old Brew

The Re-Animated Ryan Larkin

Ryan Larkin, Canadian animation legend-turned-panhandler, who was the subject of Chris Landreth’s Oscar-winning short RYAN, is creating …

Old Brew

Kaj Pindal Alive and Well

photo by Fatkat Animation Studios Earlier today, I ran an item about Kaj Pindal’s passing, but as many have emailed, he is, in fact, …

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