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Essential Drawing Tips

Even though I’ve mentioned this before, I think it’s worth doing so again. Disney story artist Mark Kennedy has been posting an excellent …

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Ed Benedict (1912-2006), RIP

Earlier this evening I received word from Van Partible and David Sheldon that animation legend Ed Benedict passed away in his sleep this …

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BOB BOYLE’S NEW SHOWS

Welcome to the Boyle-Age of cartoons!Last week I was invited to breakfast on the Disney lot and had a look behind the scenes of Toon …

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Greenblatt’s Chowder

It seems that ex-SPONGEBOB’ers are turning out to be good content providers for Cartoon Network. First, it was Aaron Springer’s KORGOTH …

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RANDOM SIZZLE REEL

The 5-minute clip reel shown last month at the San Diego Comic Con for Frederator’s new series of Random Cartoons has been posted on You …

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SDCC: JERRY BECK

One more time: Here’s where you can meet me at Comic-Con International: San Diego today (Thursday), tomorrow (Friday) and Saturday:RANDOM …

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HEY KIDS! FREE BUTTONS!

Amid and I will be plugging Comic-Con International: San Diego several times during the next week as we slowly figure out what panels are …

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Annecy 2006

I’m back. Thanks to Jerry for holding down the fort and keeping the Brew updated while I was having an awesome time in Marseille and …

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Du Chau’ing Underdog

Frederik Du Chau (QUEST FOR CAMELOT, RACING STRIPES) has been hired to “direct” another film. The project he’s ruining this time is …

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ANIME ON IFC

Everyone is getting into the anime act. Anime is cool among the kids and teens (thus its presence on Kids WB, Cartoon Network, Toon …

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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 …

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Walt’s People, Volume 2

WALT’S PEOPLE, VOLUME 2 was released recently and it’s a wonderful collection of rare and enlightening interviews with Golden Age …

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PODCASTS

I had a nice chat with the gang at TOONZONE about animated features, the Pink Panther and anime – and you can listen to part 1 of it in a …

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KIMBA THE WHITE LION

Next Thursday, November 10th, ASIFA-Hollywood is staging a tribute to the pioneering anime series KIMBA THE WHITE LION at the Glendale …

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A HE-MAN CONTEST

Here’s something I never thought I’d post (and Amid will probably cringe when he sees it): a picture of Filmation’s HE-MAN. The complete …

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Harald Siepermann Blog

Our friend Harald Siepermann, a mighty talented character designer who lives in Germany, has started his own blog HERE. Just a few of the …

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Oh Yeah! Blogs

Anybody can start one blog. Been there, done that. But it takes some fortitude to launch thirty-nine blogs. That’s right, thirty-nine …

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NORM PRESCOTT R.I.P.

Norm Prescott, co-founder of FILMATION (pictured above at left with Hal Sutherland in the middle and Lou Scheimer at right), passed away …

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