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Maurice Noble Layout Tips Book Available To Pre-Order
Ready…set…pre-order Tod Polson’s book about legendary Warner Bros. layout man Maurice Noble. The book is called The Noble Approach: …
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Happy 102nd Birthday, Tyrus Wong!
Animation concept artist and Disney Legend, Tyrus Wong is celebrating his 102nd birthday this week (though his actual birthday was …
Sony Releases Genndy Tartakovsky’s new short “Goodnight Mr. Foot”
If you’ve been wondering what Genndy Tartakovsky’s been doing this past summer besides hitting the road to promote Hotel Transylvania and …
NY Premiere: “The Beginning” Doc About China’s Indie Animation Scene
There’s a strong wave of indie animators emerging from Asian countries like Japan, South Korea, and China. The latter country’s indie …
“Turkeys” get Greenlit at Reel FX
Here’s another film to look forward to in 2014: Relativity Media and Reel FX have announced that they will jointly produce and finance …
Monday in LA: Halloween Spooktacular 2012
Be prepared, foolish mortals! For the fifth year in a row, I will be screening a selection of spooky, kooky, strange and creepy …
Meet Mecha Mickey and the Disney Super Sentai
We’ve come a long way from Steamboat Willie. Apparently Disney and toy-maker Bandai are working together on a Voltron-like toy robot …
Friday in LA: Rare Stop-Motion Classics
I think all twelve programs compromising the latest Platform International Animation Festival are terrific – not a bad show in the batch. …
Run Wrake (1965-2012)
Bummer news out of England. British animator Run Wrake died on Sunday morning from cancer at the age of 47. He is survived by his wife, …
FRIDAY: MoMA celebrates Sally Cruikshank
I’ve been a fan of the crazy independent cartoons of Sally Cruikshank since Quasi at the Quackardero first burst on the screen back in …
Tuesday in New York City: Tissa David Memorial
This Tuesday, October 23, there will be a public memorial for the great East Coast animator Tissa David, who passed away last August at …
“Reagan” by Harry Teitelman and Daniel Garcia
Killer Mike’s song “Reagan” offers a much-needed corrective to the partisan politics of American election season. The lyrics, which …
Andy Serkis to direct Mo-Cap “Animal Farm”
Performance-capture actor Andy Serkis (Tintin, Lord of the Rings, Rise of The Planet Of The Apes), who recently directed second unit on …
FIRST LOOK: Jerry on TCM
As previously noted, this Sunday night yours-truly, Jerry Beck, spends the whole evening co-hosting an entire block of classic animated …
Blur’s Tim Miller Responds To “The Goon” Kickstarter Controversy
The commentary I posted a couple days ago about The Goon Kickstarter project generated a lot of heated debate, both on Cartoon Brew and …
Ward Kimball Biography Delayed Until 2013
I’ve received a slew of messages in the past week from people who pre-ordered Full Steam Ahead!, which is the biography I wrote about the …
Rare Animation on TCM: “Mr. Bug”
This gallery of images is posted to augment your enjoyment of Max Fleischer’s Mr. Bug Goes To Town (1941) which will be screened on …
Why “The Goon” Is A Troubling Kickstarter Project [UPDATED]
Kickstarter launched with the promise of helping independent artists raise funding for projects that otherwise couldn’t easily be …
Why Animation on TCM is Important
Regular readers to this site are well aware by now that I’ll be part of a six-hour presentation of classic animation on TCM (Turner …
FIRST LOOK: Disney Family Museum’s “Snow White” Exhibit
Diane Disney Miller, author J.B. Kaufman and Lella Smith (creative director of the Disney Animation Research Library) discuss the art …
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