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“Tron Uprising” Preview talkback
Tonight at 9:30pm Eastern/Pacific, Disney’s Tron Uprising airs its pilot on Disney Channel (it’s also available online). I personally …
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Spain’s 7-Seat Animation Theater Is Back
What if a couple of guys decorated a van with colorful images, drove around the countryside, and invited children to come into their van …
Stanchfield’s “Mid Century Modern” DVD
For those of you still recovering from the overdose of eye-candy contained in TCM’s UPA: Jolly Frolics Collection here’s a additional …
Mark your calendar: 3 Animation Events in LA
Three, count ’em Three (3), animation events hosted by yours truly, all within a week of each other and coming up soon. Please consider …
UPA, UPA, and Away!
They’re out… and as Tony the Tiger would say: “They’re Grrrr-reat!” I will go out on limb right now and declare TCM’s UPA: The Jolly …
Books, Books, Books
Time for another round-up of recent reads I can highly recommend (How’s that for alliteration?). First up, a magazine: Disney Twenty …
“Valentoons” at the Cinefamily
To kick off a new year of animation programs at the Cinefamily/Silent Movie Theater in Hollywood, this Thursday (2/9) we will celebrate …
Get Well, Myron Waldman!
Here’s a treat for Fleischer Studio aficionados. In 1935, animator Myron Waldman went to the hospital to have his appendix out. The …
Restored Paramount “Noveltoons” on DVD
Okay, here is an unabashed plug for a video project near and dear to my heart. Animation archeologist/film-restoration hero Steve …
2012 Animation Book Preview
The future of animation books, like the rest of the publishing industry, isn’t rosy. Page counts and print runs are shrinking, and …
Winsor McCay’s 1921 Short “The Flying House” Restored by Bill Plympton
Bill Plympton, Legendary Oscar-nominated Animator, announced today: The short film, The Flying House’ (1921 / 2011) was screened, at the …
Jerry’s Cartoon Holiday Events!
The holidays are upon us – but that’s no excuse to stop watching cartoons on the big screen in Los Angeles! Ye olde Brewmaster (Jerry …
“Meeting Harry Smith” by Drew Christie
An animated interpretation of musicologist and filmmaker John Cohen’s first meeting with Harry Smith, the experimental filmmaker and …
Happy Birthday, Walt Disney
Walt Disney was born December 5th, 1901. Today would be his 110th birthday. He started as an independent cartoonist and filmmaker and …
The Seymour Kneitel Blog
To heck with the Chuck Jones and Tex Avery blogs, and forget about all the Disney sites… Here’s what I wanted and now I got my wish: …
ToonSeum to Run “Animating Haring!” Exhibit from Oct 22, 2011 to Feb 26, 2012
Superheroes at the Andy Warhol Museum? A Keith Haring exhibition at the ToonSeum? Has the museum world gone topsy-turvey? This summer, …
Looney Tunes on Blu-ray
These screen shots were taken with my iPhone off my cathode-ray tube television set. The images are from the new Looney Tunes Blu-Ray …
“How Beavis Saved My Life” by John Andrews
When it started airing on MTV in 1993, Beavis and Butt-Head was more than just a popular animated series, it was a cultural phenomenon. …
Frank Forte Creates Cartoon Concept Design Blog
October 17, 2011 — Los Angeles, CA — Frank Forte, a 20 year veteran of the comic book and animation fields, has created a blog …
More MUST-HAVE stuff from Stanchfield and Yoe
I know, I know… you think I’m simply a shill for everything Craig Yoe and Steve Stanchfield produce. I admit I’m a minor contributor to …
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