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SPRITE ANIMATION

Sprite Animation Studios has set up shop over at the Howard Hughes Center in West Los Angeles. The image above is from their first …

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PRINCESS IRON FAN (1941)

If they post it, I will link it! Here’s an excerpt from the rare 1941 Chinese animated feature PRINCESS IRON FAN. It’s interesting for a …

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CalArts at MoMA

“TOMORROWLAND: CalArts in Moving Pictures” is an ambitious film program (curated by Josh Siegel) that aims to document the work of …

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NEW BOOKS

I caught up with Leonard Maltin last week and he told me about two new books he contributed to – and I think you ought to to know about …

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Remixing 19th Century Engravings

Artist Caleb Johnston has taken a bunch of 19th century public domain illustrations and engravings from the Dover books, and transformed …

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MISS KRAZY KAT, 2006

At yesterday’s ASIFA-Hollywood screening we crowned “Miss Krazy Kat” of 2006. The surprise winner, selected by our panel of blue ribbon …

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SOCIETY OF ANIMATION STUDIES

The Society of Animation Studies has their annual conference coming up July 7th through 10th at Trinity College in San Antonio, Texas. …

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DISNEY’S ABC’S OF HAND TOOLS

In 1946, long before it owned the ABC Television Network or created alphabet spelling books for children, Disney made an industrial film …

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LASSETER LAST NIGHT – IN PARIS

John Lasseter sat down and answered questions at the French Premiere of CARS last night. Our friend Kinoo (of the French website, Pixar’s …

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MEET JUNE FORAY AND COREY BURTON

On Wednesday, May 17th, Van Eaton Galleries will host a benefit for the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archives: The Art of Voice Acting for …

Animators

PRESTON BLAIR’S ANIMATION BOOK

You know it. You have it. You’ve studied it from cover to cover. Preston Blair’s ANIMATION is the book on character animation basics. …

Animators

Happy Cinco De Mayo!

We received a lot of positive feedback when we did “Jazz Cartoon Friday” so here’s another themed collection of cartoons. Today is, of …

Animators

Little Rural Riding Hood

LITTLE RURAL RIDING HOOD (1949)Director: Tex Avery (Thanks to Kevin Langley for posting this on YouTube)

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3-D CARTOONS

Get ready, cartoon fans. Your eyeballs have ONE MORE CHANCE:The 3-D Film Festival is returning to Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood this …

Illustration

T. Hee Book Cover

Film composer Alex Rannie emailed over this great book jacket with a caricature of MUSIC MAN writer/composer Meredith Willson drawn by …

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QUEER DUCK – THE MOVIE

QUEER DUCK was one of the funniest internet cartoons in those golden years before the dot.com boom went bust. Now Queer Duck: The Movie …

Disney

Tenggren’s GREMLINS

This magnificent painting appears in the current Illustration House “Illustration Art Auction” catalog. The title of the piece is …

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