Shorts

Light Forms by Malcolm Sutherland

It’s easy for the eyes to get lost in this mesmerizing piece of animation by Malcolm Sutherland (The Astronomer’s Dream). Narrative …

Anime

Space Battleship Yamato trailer

It’s going to be a Happy New Year for fans of Star Blazers and cheesy Japanese live action science fiction flicks (which I am):

Illustration

David Levine 1926-2009

David Levine was one of the great caricaturists of the 20th Century. He was best known for his work for the The New York Review of Books. …

Shorts

JibJab’s 2009 Year in Review

Try JibJab Sendables® eCards today! JibJab has released their annual “year in review” short with a tongue-in-cheek summary of the …

Music Videos

“Upular” by Pogo

Video remix artist Nick Bertke (aka Pogo) created this piece of music using chords, bass notes and vocal samples from Pete Docter’s Up. …

Animators

Happy Birthday, Howard Beckerman

Howard Beckerman is the king of New York animation; a teacher, a mentor and a living legend. It was his birthday yesterday, on Christmas, …

Books

The Best Animation Books of 2009

Here are my picks for the best animation books of 2009. The Colors of Mary Blair –A catalog for an exhibition that happened …

Disney

Started By A Mouse

Michael Gaddie’s 16-minute student film, Started By a Mouse, is an attempt to dramatize Walt Disney’s rise to fame. It plays a little …

Shorts

Nuttin’ For Christmas

Animator Doug Compton used a classic 1955 Stan Freberg recording as the basis for his Christmas card this year: a fully animated version …

Animators

Oscar T. Perez

Óscar T. Pérez is a wonderful book illustrator based in Madrid, Spain. Now, Perez has posted a group of animated shorts – films …

Stop Motion

ESCP Europe Stop-Mo Video

This piece has been online and gone viral in the past week, but I couldn’t resist putting it here. It’s to promote ESCP Europe, a …

Comics

Government Comics online archive

Richard Graham at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has put together an online collection of 183 government comic books – i.e. comics …

Classic

Arnold Stang 1918-2009

One of my favorite actors and character animation voices, Arnold Stang, has passed away at age 91. In animation, Stang will live forever …

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