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Was Arizona Shooter Obsessed with “Waking Life”?
If something is too difficult to explain, just blame cartoons. So now some people are beginning to suggest that Jared Loughner, the …
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Anime Sensei to Student: “Get A Life!”
Veteran anime director Yoshiyuki Tomino (Brave Raideen, Mobile Suit Gundam) gave a realistic, yet somewhat harsh response to a student’s …
Community’s stop-mo Xmas show
In case you missed it last night, NBC’s Community ran its Christmas episode “Abed’s Uncontrollable Christmas”, which was produced in …
Dreamworks announces “Me and My Shadow”
Variety is reporting that DreamWorks Animation has announced a March 2013 release date for Me and My Shadow, a new 3-D animated feature …
Hacking the Kinect
Microsoft’s new controller-free gaming environment called Kinect for XBox 360 also doubles as a powerful digital toy for hackers. The …
Gallery on Baum Sells Cartoon Art Forgeries?
Tony Greco, who run Pittsburgh’s The Gallery on Baum, has had a tough year. First, there was a lengthy exposé in the Pittsburgh Post …
Kirsten Lepore Talks about “Bottle”
I wrote about Kirsten Lepore’s short Bottle last month, and enjoyed it so much, that I asked her to answer a few questions about her …
The End of the Creator-Driven Era in TV Animation
The Hub, a network owned partly by toy company Hasbro, launched a little over a week ago with new animated series including Strawberry …
Bruce by Tom Judd
Bruce is a powerful graduation film directed by Tom Judd at Royal College of Art. A simple gag on the surface, there are some …
Monsieur Pett by Oscar Grillo and Ted Rockley
Monsieur Pett, a short by Oscar Grillo & Ted Rockley for Klacto Animations in 2000, is an animated tragic comedy about a man with an …
Interview with John Canemaker about Two Guys Named Joe
John Canemaker’s eagerly anticipated book, Two Guys Named Joe: Master Animation Storytellers Joe Grant & Joe Ranft, will arrive in stores …
In the Fall of Gravity by Ron Cole
Ron Cole, the person who made the cable-controlled skull mechanism for the Chuck Liddell puppet in the Lipton Brisk ad, directed and …
Lipton Brisk Does Animated Ads Again
Lipton’s Brisk iced tea brand aired one of the most memorable animation ad campaigns of the Nineties which starred stop-motion versions …
Eat Raw Meat = Blood Drool
I really love this bizarre retro-ish mixed media music video for the British indie band Editors, directed by the Lennox Brothers (Lee & …
Masterpiece 2.0, An Interactive Stop-Motion Animation Project
Masterpiece 2.0 is a social media animation project by Dutch artists Baschz and Selfcontrolfreak, and according to them, “the first ever …
Te Wei (1915-2010)
The master of Chinese animation, Te Wei (Sheng Tewei), has passed away at age 95. Te Wei, a pioneering animator and cartoonist, was …
The Indie Film Distribution Revolution
Inspiring piece in the NY Times about the growing trend of indie film distribution, and its historical roots in indie filmmakers like …
Tintin Fans Attacked By Tintin Lawyer
Nick Rodwell, the British lawyer who married the widow of Tintin creator Hergé and now controls the Tintin estate, has embarked on a …
Interview: Chris Dainty and Super Star Tap
As the iPhone user base continues to expand, smaller animation studios and indie animators are discovering a promising new distribution …
A Page From TV Animation’s Past
(click to enlarge image) Understanding the extent to which artists have lost control of the animation process in the past is vital to …
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