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DAN BESSIE ON BERNIE GRUVER
Filmmaker and former animator Dan Bessie sent in this reminiscence of his friend Bernard Gruver, after seeing Gruver’s name referenced …
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The Blogging Osmond
Fred Osmond (the charming fellow on the left) was the LA layout supervisor on REN & STIMPY: ADULT PARTY CARTOON, a difficult position …
SD CON: DISASTER! THE MOVIE
Stop motion fans take note. This Friday, July 15, in San Diego, there’ll be a panel about DISASTER! THE MOVIE, the first R-rated stop …
Rare 1950s animated shorts
Just for fun, here’s title cards for a few shorts which will be included in my forthcoming Chronicle book on 1950s animation design. It’s …
James Baxter Animation
JamesBaxterAnimation.com is up and running. The company’s mission statement: “James Baxter Animation is a new studio where the focus is …
ROWLAND B. WILSON R.I.P.
On Tuesday June 28th, cartoonist Rowland B. Wilson passed away.Lucky SevenWilson is best known for hundreds of cartoons he wrote and drew …
CONTEST #2
In today’s contest, the first two readers that correctly answered the question below won a prize. The First Prize was the brand new …
Happy Birthday, Cartoon Retro
This past Monday was the one-year anniversary of CartoonRetro.com, an incredible source of daily visual inspiration that never fails to …
OPPOSITES JAMBOREE
Floyd Bishop at Bishop Animation does good work.We just finished our latest short, “Opposites Jamboree”, an educational film. Kids tend …
Perhaps they could make animation exec pinatas…
Triple Threat: Tweety, Barney and ShrekPhoto thanks to Harry McCracken There was an interesting story in the LA TIMES yesterday about …
HOW BETTY BOOP GETS THAT WAY
Digging through the archives today, I came across this two page article from a coverless magazine (I have no idea what publication or …
FRED & TED
Remember Beginner Books? The Random House series of books for kids initiated by Dr. Suess with THE CAT IN THE HAT and GREEN EGGS AND …
Shadow Puppets on Nick
Who would have thought: Michel Gagné and Nickelodeon? Michel has been contracted by Nick to produce eleven short animated pieces …
AESOPS FABLES
I usually wait until someone sends me a free copy of something before I plug it – but this new release from Thunderbean Animation looks …
HUSH MY MOUSE
One of our readers has been privately sharing some images from his private cartoon art collection with me. But this one (above) is …
LA Film Fest Animation Screenings
Tom Knott writes to let us know that there’s a lot of interesting and rare animation programs happening this month during the Los Angeles …
TWEETY – MALE OR FEMALE?
First they give the Looney Tunes an extreme makeover as Loonatics, now they are preparing a sex change for Tweety!The latest issue of …
A Day With Enrico
Enrico Casarosa, creator of MIA and SketchCrawl, not to mention a board artist at Pixar, made a-little-over-24-hour-comic and it’s a …
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