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COMMENTARY: To Pitch Or Not To Pitch?
A few weeks ago, I commended New York animator Pat Smith for making this comment in an ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE interview: “The …
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ANIMATED FEATURES BY SOLO ARTISTS
With several big budget funny animal epics opening almost weekly, 2006 may well go down as the year of CG feature burnout. But 2006 may …
NY TIMES on the CG Glut
The NY TIMES published a piece today about the glut of poorly performing animated CG films. That’s hardly news to anybody working the …
3 Trees & 3 Flowers in November
The must-see LA art show of the fall season has been anounced. “3 Trees and 3 Flowers” opens November 4 at the Gallery Nucleus (30 West …
Bernard Wolf (1911-2006)
Animation veteran Berny Wolf died last week at the age of 95. He had incredible success in the field, with work ranging from pioneering …
MEDICAL TOONS
Rarely screened historic medical cartoons will be featured in a film series this fall at the National Academies in Washington DC. The …
SDCC: Maverix Studios
Maverix Studios is a San Francisco-based collective of animation and comic artists. They’ll be exhibiting in San Diego this year at booth …
Random Disney Photo of the Day
Jenny Lerew recently posted a photo on her blog of Disney legend Ken Anderson posing for a publicity snap with an unidentified Japanese …
DRIVING MISS KRAZY
This archive photo shows producer Charles Mintz (at left) and animation directors Ben Harrision and Manny Gould (on the right) standing …
Cartoon Brew Film of the Week: The Tale of How
The Tale of How is a mostly CG animated short produced by the South African animation collective Blackheart Gang. Credits are Marcus …
HORNSWIGGLE UPDATE
I’ve been periodically posting the progress of my very own six minute cartoon on a separate blog.Frederator Studios is producing 39 such …
Classic Cartoon Video Podcasts
Michael Barrier posted an article excerpt on his site from yesterday’s WALL STREET JOURNAL that said the Vintage ToonCast, which is an …
Cartoon Brew Film of the Week: WELCOME TO GLARINGLY
There’s a lot of animation nowadays that has a retro-pixel look with blocky graphics. None I’ve seen execute the look as elegantly as the …
Pixar at MoMA
Pixar story artist Ronnie del Carmen is chronicling the adventures of the Pixar artists who are currently in New York for the opening of …
HORNSWIGGLE
I’m very proud to announce that Frederator Studios’ OH YEAH! CARTOONS has given a greenlight to produce a character I created called …
Ryan Larkin on the comeback trail
Ryan Larkin, the celebrated wunderkind of 1960s Canadian animation whose downfall was the subject of Chris Landreth’s Oscar-winnning …
DAN BESSIE ON BERNIE GRUVER
Filmmaker and former animator Dan Bessie sent in this reminiscence of his friend Bernard Gruver, after seeing Gruver’s name referenced …
REVIEW: CAMP LAZLO (Cartoon Network)
Cartoon Network sends me screeners for their new shows and specials at least once a month, and I generally toss them straight into the …
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