Feature Film

Ice Age Enters Record Books

A fact that took me by surprise: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs is now the fifth-highest grossing animated feature of all-time at the …

Cartoon Culture

Seasons Greetings

This JibJab video is a lot like the dream I had last night after seeing The Pixar Story at the Egyptian. What a great film — and just …

CGI

The Making of Pencil Test

With SIGGRAPH 2007 now wrapped up, I thought it might be appropriate to link to the video below about a CG animated short that debuted …

CGI

Toy Story 3 and American Dog News

During a Disney investor’s conference yesterday, John Lasseter and Ed Catmull announced some major Disney-Pixar news. Notably, that TOY …

Old Brew

RIK MAKI AT VAN EATON GALLERIES

Rik Maki began his career as a baseball pitcher in the minor leagues for seven years before trading in his wooden bat for a wooden …

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Andrew Stanton Interview

How cool is this – Pixar animator Andrew Gordon has done a three-part podcast interview with co-worker Andrew Stanton, the director of …

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DAN LEE (1969-2005)

Dan Lee remains both famous and anonymous. You might not have heard of this Montreal-born, Toronto-raised artist, but you already know …

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Just Wait Till Valiant Comes out

Now I don’t want to be a party pooper, because I know Disney’s already been saved and all, but has anybody else noticed that through July …

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Scribblin’ Away at Mike’s Cafe

Tina Price and Rik Maki are co-owners of Digital or Not. Tina’s Digital, Rik’s Not. Both are 20 year veterans of Walt Disney Feature …

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“Art of” Book Bargains

If you haven’t picked up my book THE ART OF ROBOTS yet, now might be a good time to grab a copy on Amazon. There is currently a “bargain …

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Dan Lee, R.I.P.

Following a battle with cancer, animation artist Dan Lee passed away last weekend at age 35. He had most recently been doing story and …

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REVIEWS DERAIL POLAR EXPRESS

Manohla Dargis, in reviewing THE POLAR EXPRESS in today’s NY TIMES, makes a few good points worth posting here:”The Polar Express” is a …

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INCREDIBLES WRAP PARTY Reports

Here’s a few journal comments from various Pixarians who attended THE INCREDIBLES wrap party a couple weeks ago: RotoMonkey.org: “The …

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THE INCREDIBLES AT COMIC CON

The fun starts in two days…Howard Green at Disney sent us this update on THE INCREDIBLES panel:Pixar Animation Studios offers a sneak …

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