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The Blue Lagoon

Sunday, July 18, 2004_________________________ I take a (sixty dollar!) cab ride to the Blue Lagoon, Iceland’s largest geothermal spa. …

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Animated in Montreal

A couple cool cartoon finds to report from my recent sidetrip to Montreal. The first was my discovery of cartoonist La Palme. In one of …

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Fafi Girls

Appealing graffiti art HERE. Fafi is a French artist who specializes in drawing cute girls. Her work reminds me a bit of Katie Nice and …

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DVD Plugs

A few DVD’s of note that I’ve received in the mail recently: Politics and animation always seem to mix nicely, and the on-line short …

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Collect All 99

Baby Tattoo is a new company I found out about while down at the San Diego Comic-Con. It’s a publishing company founded by Bob Self with …

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Pablo Ferro’s Dynamite Titles

I mentioned Saul Bass here yesterday and if there’s another film title designer who can hold his own against Bass it’s Pablo Ferro. He is …

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Recent Animation Books

Chris F. writes to ask if I ever heard of the book/DVD set, FLIPS 7, which presents the work of some dozen-and-half modern animation …

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Fur Sure

Animator turned self-publishing magnate, Michel Gagn&eacute files a REPORT from Anthrocon 2004, a major “furry” convention in …

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Animation Done Well

What did Dominique Monfery, the French director of the short film DESTINO, do after Disney shuttered its French animation studio (Disney …

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Annecy Report #3

In Robert Kohr’s Thursday Annecy report posted at AnimatorsUnite.com, he writes about the jubilant atmosphere of the screenings: the …

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CARTOON SUSHI

Via Boing Boing, here’s the latest fad in Japan: Food preperation designed like your favorite cartoon stars!Enjoy Hamtaro, Doremon, Hello …

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India’s Talent Crisis

Continuing our coverage of the Indian animation scene, here is an article from THE FINANCIAL EXPRESS that reports while India is expected …

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Deep Thoughts For A Monday Morning

“I’ve always felt that characters should be uncomplicated, then put the complicated things into the animation.” – Grim Natwick “The …

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FANTASTIC PLANET DIRECTOR DIES

René Laloux, French director of the animated cult classic FANTASTIC PLANET (1973) died of a heart attack on March 14. He was 74. …

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