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PREVIEW: Slim Pickings Fat Chances
It’s not often that I plug an animated short that isn’t finished yet, but I can’t resist this time. Slim Pickings Fat Chances is an …
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Legend of the Guardians
Another live action filmmaker tries his hand at directing an animated film. Zack Snyder (Watchmen, 300) brings Kathryn Lasky’s Guardians …
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 …
Beware The Deep Archives and David Scheve
I’ve never had to write something like this before because I’ve never had a consumer experience quite as awful as this. I hope to prevent …
John Stanley
I’ve always been aware of John Stanley, the comic book writer and artist best known for his classic Little Lulu stories (drawn by Irving …
Tuber’s Two Step by Chris Wedge
This is a 1985 student film directed by Chris Wedge, who, of course, went on to become the creative head of Blue Sky and direct Ice Age. …
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 …
2009 Brew Holiday Gift Guide #1: Richard Wiliams Masterclass
This review is long overdue – by a year in fact – and I hope Richard Williams and Mo Sutton can forgive me for the delay. They sent me a …
A Christmas Carol Opens Today
Robert Zemeckis’s A Christmas Carol opens today to a chorus of negative reviews and a rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes. A particularly …
Thursday in Hollywood: The Telephone Book
The 1971 X-rated feature The Telephone Book screens Thursday evening, November 5, at the Egyptian Theatre. The film, described as a …
The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History
Noteworthy new book about The Simpsons–The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History by journalist John Ortved draws on eighty new …
3 Dog Band by Paul Rudish
Worth checking out: a hi-res version of the Cartoonstitute short 3 Dog Band directed by Paul Rudish (Dexter’s Lab, Star Wars: Clone …
King Kelly of the U.S.A. (1934)
I will be off the internet for most of the next four days, enjoying my holiday weekend at Cinecon (the classic movie festival at the …
Lorax and Nimh going CG
What hath Disney’s G-Force wrought? Thanks to its huge opening weekend box office gross, Paramount is fighting back with the Rats of …
Films by Malcolm Sutherland
A couple years back, Montreal-based animator Malcolm Sutherland picked up a copy of my book Cartoon Modern at the Ottawa International …
Jaime Diaz (1937-2009)
Longtime animator and director Jaime Diaz passed away this past Saturday. I met Jaime several times during 2005-6 when I was working …
Tim Burton at MoMA
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in NY is putting on a major retrospective about Tim Burton’s career this fall. It will run from November …
UPCOMING EXHIBIT: “Drawings That Move: The Art of Joanna Quinn”
The National Media Museum in Bradford, West Yorkshire will be presenting a comprehensive exhibit of the work of independent animator …
Upcoming Disney Books
I got a peek at the latest Disney Book Group catalog, prepared for this week’s London Book Fair. There are plenty of things coming up …
Festival Entry Deadlines
Deadlines are fast approaching for three of the major fall animation festivals. If you’re looking for reputable international festivals …
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