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Superjail
Seemingly the funniest and cartooniest animated projects nowadays are set in jails. There’s the Japanese CG series Usavich, which was …
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An Afternoon of Remembrance
Once each year, at the DeMille Barn in Hollywood, the Animation Guild, ASIFA Hollywood and Women In Animation present An Afternoon of …
Script That Classic
With all the debate over scripts versus storyboards, animation writer Steve Marmel (Fairly Oddparents, Danny Phantom, et al) has jumped …
Paul Dini on Contemporary Animated Films
Do you hate the pedestrian state of storytelling in today’s animated features? Probably not as much as Paul Dini does. Dini, best known …
The History of America by MK12
Kansas City-based motion graphics/design collective MK12 recently completed their long-awaited epic short The History of America. I, …
The Question of Beowulf
What to make of Robert Zemeckis’ Beowulf. Is it to be considered a pure animated film or a digitally enhanced live action feature? Is …
Report from Ottawa: Persepolis and Goofy
From the sublime to the ridiculous… My laryngitis on Wednesday developed into a full fledged cold on Thursday and Friday, forcing me …
Fons Schiedon
Dutch animator and illustrator Fons Schiedon has a lot of impressive work on his website FonzTV.nl, and none more so than the educational …
Wanna Buy A Jay Ward Blanket?
If you think the animation business is tough, try selling blankets. Michael Marrer of Brackney Hills Knitting obtained a licensing …
Psst! Pass It On
Psst! Pass It On… is a collaborative filmmaking experiment in which three different creative teams work together to create a 90-second …
Alone, Stinking & Unafraid: Ballad of a Thin Man
In this new installment of Alone, Stinking and Unafraid, Chris Robinson assesses the life of troubled Canadian animator Ryan Larkin, who …
REVIEW: El Tigre (Nickelodeon)
My introduction to Jorge Gutierrez’s work was at the 1999 CalArts Producers’ Show. It was a screening of his CG short Carmelo. If I …
John Lasseter in the NY Times
Yesterday’s New York Times featured an interview with John Lasseter and some interesting bits can be gleaned from the article. One thing …
Three Trees Make a Forest
In fall 2005, two story artists at Pixar—Ronnie del Carmen and Enrico Casarosa—joined forces with Japanese …
Forgotten Cartoon Legend #3 – Jose Jiminez
Caricatures of Hollywood celebrities have been common practice in animated cartoons since the silent era. And comedians authorizing their …
Animator Helen Hill Killed In New Orleans
This is the sad type of story that obviously no one would like to be reporting. After losing their home during Hurricane Katrina, …
Chris Sanders No Longer Directing American Dog
The Internet started buzzing last Thursday when the blog Newlywed in Dubai reported that Chris Sanders (LILO AND STITCH) had been “fired” …
John Korty’s Brock & Throck
It’s Election Day here in the US so it’s only fitting to mention a new politically-oriented Flash Webcartoon. The series, BROCK & THROCK …
PERSEPOLIS
Next year’s animated feature slate continues to look better and better. With The Simpsons Movie, Brad Bird’s latest from Pixar, and Shrek …
PARADE OF MONKEYS
Talk about personal vision. Freelance animator/illustrator Mike Owens has been working for over a year on an unusual personal film, a …
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