Events

Harryhausen at the Academy

Last night the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences opened it’s incredible Chuck Jones exhibit – a must-see for any animation fan …

Events

Looney Tuneage

This Friday, May 14th, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences will host its annual Marc Davis Celebration of Animation. This …

Cartoon Culture

Flea Market Discovery #1

I found this tattered children’s wall plaque at a flea market last weekend and forked over a few bucks for it. It reminded me a lot of …

Animators

Warner Bros. Animators ID

Cartoon Research continues…. Earlier this week we posted about a vintage Leon Schlesinger studio program for a Christmas play …

Animators

More Van Eaton Goodies

Mike Van Eaton comes up with animation odds and ends all the time. I have no purpose in posting these except that I find them fascinating …

Animators

Tom Ray 1919-2010

The Animation Guild is reporting the passing of animator Tom Ray. Ray started at Warner Bros. in 1937 and worked for MGM after WWII …

Animators

Free Animation Book Idea #2

Picking up where we left off last month, here’s another book idea that’s free for the taking. The proposal is rather straightforward: a …

Books

A Free Animation Book Idea For You

Concept art from John Hubley’s Finian’s Rainbow This repost of John Canemaker’s article about John Hubley’s unproduced feature …

Animators

Rudy Larriva (1916-2010)

Variety is reporting that veteran Warner Bros. director Rudy Larriva passed away last Friday Feb. 19 in Irvine, Calif. He was 94. …

Ideas/Commentary

Dear Sesame Street

Dear Sesame Street, We, the undersigned, would like to register our concern over the contest you are now conducting with Aniboom. We …

Disney

New Disney Strike footage

The folks at the John Basmajian Collection have just unearthed – and posted – a reel of rare 8mm film footage of the infamous 1941 Disney …

Animators

Vance Gerry Tribute Blog

Story artist Ed Gombert has started a blog dedicated to the work of Disney storyman Vance Gerry, who passed away in 2005. Gombert writes …

Cartoon Culture

The Gathering

The San Diego Union Tribune is reporting on a controversy brewing at the Chuck Jones Gallery over a new one-of-a-kind oil painting …

Classic

Radio Barrier

Animation historian Michael Barrier spent 40 minutes today discussing classic cartoons on the radio show RadioWest, originating from The …

Events

Road Runner Float

As a follow up to my post yesterday about the Road Runner and Coyote float in today’s Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, here’s the …

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