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SDCC: Enrico Casarosa’s Sketchcrawlings
Sketchcrawl founder and Pixar story artist Enrico Casarosa is debuting the second volume of SKETCHCRAWLINGS in San Diego. The book is a …
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25 minutes of Richard Williams spots
Garrett Gilchrist, the chap responsible for the recent THIEF AND THE COBBLER re-edit, has YouTube’d nearly half an hour of classic …
Free NFB Shorts Online
Here’s an amazing site. In honor of their 65th anniversary, the National Film Board of Canada has posted on-line fifty of their most well …
Two Classic Commercials
A very random post. Here’s a couple interesting commercials I recently saw on YouTube. The first is a beautifully animated spot for the …
Random Disney Photo of the Day
Jenny Lerew recently posted a photo on her blog of Disney legend Ken Anderson posing for a publicity snap with an unidentified Japanese …
Floyd Norman on Working in the Disney Bullpen
Veteran animation artist Floyd Norman has written a great piece for Jim Hill Media about what it was like to work in the Disney “bullpen” …
Freedom River (1971)
As relevant as FREEDOM RIVER was in Vietnam-era United States, I’d wager its message is even more relevant in our day and age. The film’s …
Cartoons, Copyright and YouTube
So, what’s new in the world of animation this week? Well, YouTube has bowed to pressure from the movie studios and removed hundreds of …
SUPERMAN HATES SMOKERS
Here’s a blast from the past. Matt Richardson posted this vintage TV spot on his Poptique blog:I’m 99.9% certain it was made back in 1980 …
Do It Yourself Cartoon Kit
I’m ashamed to say that until today I’d never seen Bob Godfrey’s classic animated short DO IT YOURSELF CARTOON KIT (1961). Cheap and …
Coke “Happiness Factory” by Psyop
Last week Coke unveiled a new CG spot for its latest campaign, “The Coke Side of Life.” The commercial, “Happiness Factory” (watch it …
A LOST WARNER BROS. CARTOON
Thanks to the restoration efforts of Warner Home Video, and the series of Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD sets, there are (or will be) …
RANDOM PLUGS FOR A HOLIDAY WEEKEND
Stop-motion animator Joel Fletcher (Nightmare Before Christmas, Dinosaur, King Kong, Land Of The Lost, X-Men: The Last Stand) has …
Dick Van Dyke And Terrytoons
Dick Van Dyke. The star of Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Bye Bye Birdie and Diagnosis Murder. He was “Chairman of TV LAND”, …
Ken Harris Online
Did you know Warner Bros. animator Ken Harris has a website dedicated exclusively to his work? Me neither. The site is MasterAnimator.com …
CLASSIC PRESTON BLAIR SWIPE
A while back we reported on various art swipes from the Preston Blair animation book, found on things like lottery tickets, and in places …
Fleischer At The Trocadero
Dave Fleischer left Miami based Fleischer Studios in 1942 and bolted to the west coast where he was offered the job of producer, …
Underdog Cheerios Commercial
In honor of the opening of SUPERMAN RETURNS today, we pay tribute with a rare clip of one of our favorite animated superheroes: a 1965 …
Blog Roundup
Haven’t done this in a while so here’s a look at some artist blogs that I recommend… Samuel Michlap has some mighty incredible …
Disney Artist Documentaries
WOW – this totally made my morning! Sheridan student Alan Cook has been posting on YouTube the Disney “Family Album” TV shows. Each of …
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