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Letters from Chuck
Is anybody following the official Chuck Jones blog? Because fans of Chuck should be! Chuck’s daughter, Linda, has been posting a …
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Film Review: Walt and El Grupo
Walt and El Grupo is the new feature length documentary about the two month tour of South America that Walt and his staff (which included …
REVIEW: Miyazaki’s Ponyo
I just saw the most surreal film released under the Walt Disney banner since… I dunno, The Three Caballeros? Hayao Miyazaki’s Ponyo …
Claude Coats
Alan Coats, the son of legendary Disney background painter Claude Coats, has started a website about his father’s work at ClaudeCoats.com …
Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood
Set your Tivos! Next Tuesday, March 24, is the premiere of Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood, a half-hour documentary on Turner Classic …
Oswald old and new
Our pal Ruben Procopio has just posted images of his sculpt for a forthcoming Walt Disney/Oswald Rabbit statue, for the Disney Classics …
Five Questions for Emily Hubley
Director and animator Emily Hubley is embarking on a nationwide screening tour of her live-action/animation feature film debut The Toe …
Alphabetical Index of Warner Bros. Cartoons
A The Abominable Snow-Rabbit Acrobatty Bunny The Adventures Of The Road Runner Africa Squeaks A-Haunting We Will Go Ain’t Nature …
Discover The Pioneering Japanese-American Animation Artists of the Golden Age
After surviving internment in concentration camps in the United States, these artists paved the way for Japanese-Americans in the animation industry.
Betty Boop Broadway Bound?
The New York Times, Playbill and several other news sources are reporting on plans, just announced, for a Betty Boop musical supposedly …
Money Matters
As our financial markets continue to meltdown and our currency is in flux (I recently found myself staring blankly at a $14 Whopper at …
The Nutty Professor in CG
Hey Laaady… We usually have a problem when Hollywood takes a classic animated property and creates a CG update. I’m not sure what …
Love by Yoji Kuri
It’s a shame that Yoji Kuri’s animated shorts aren’t more widely available in the West, especially considering that Kuri is one of the …
Rediscovering Irv Spector
Director Michael Sporn has recently been in touch with the son of animation legend Irv Spector. Spector worked as an animator, designer …
The Animation Soundtrack
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present Normand Roger on The Animation Soundtrack, on Sunday, August 10, at 7:30 …
Grand Theft Auto IV: Almost Great Art
piece in last weekend’s Wall Street Journal that examined the new Grand Theft Auto IV and the comparisons it has drawn to works like The …
Speed Racer and Me
As I admitted in a post below, I’ve always been a fan of the original 60s anime of Speed Racer. One of my proudest moments came in the …
Titles for Run Papa Run
Henri Wong, an animator and motion graphics designer from Hong Kong, sent in a link to an eye-catching animated title sequence he …
The Disney Company on Ollie Johnston
(Above: Milt Kahl, Marc Davis, Frank Thomas and Walt Disney flank seated Ollie Johnston) Howard Green just sent over the official …
John Canemaker on Ollie Johnston
Oscar winning animator, animation historian and author of Disney’s Nine Old Men, John Canemaker sent in this tribute to Ollie …
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