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Persepolis
“When my parents came to the studio, nobody breathed. Imagine you are drawing Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, and suddenly a big mouse and …
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Classic Italian Commercials
Last month we posted links to some vintage French and German animated commercials. Now here’s a here whole bunch of 1960s and ’70s …
Call for Help: Warner Bros. Cartoon History
French animation history Didier Ghez, publisher of the indispensable WALT’S PEOPLE interview series, has started working on a new book …
Trippy Commercial by Hans Fischerkoesen
I pointed to some surreal French animated commercials last week, but they don’t come close to this mid-century theatrical spot by German …
EN TUS BRAZOS
Who needs DANCING WITH THE STARS? EN TUS BRAZOS is a new French student film from Supinfocom created by Edouard Jouret, FX Goby and …
Piccolo, Saxo and Company
What is it with The Weinstein Company? Harvey Weinstein is perhaps the smartest and savviest of the current Hollywood moguls, but his …
Sketchtravel
Sketchtravel is an exciting new project initiated by Dice Tsutsumi (of Blue Sky fame) and French animation artist Gérald Guerlais. The …
Major Disney Exhibit in Paris
I’ve known about this exhibition for a while, but it didn’t occur to me that I should post about it until a friend mentioned that it …
LES PASSAGERS DE LA GRANDE OURSE
Paul Grimault, whose feature LE ROI ET L’OISEAU was the subject of discussion HERE last month, also directed a short film in the …
LE ROI ET L’OISEAU
Studio Ghibli has released Paul Grimault’s classic French feature LE ROI ET L’OISEAU onto dvd in Japan. The production story of this film …
SDCC: Out of Picture
My first exposure to the talented artists at Blue Sky Studios was a couple years back when I wrote the ART OF ROBOTS book. The general …
LASSETER LAST NIGHT – IN PARIS
John Lasseter sat down and answered questions at the French Premiere of CARS last night. Our friend Kinoo (of the French website, Pixar’s …
CARTOON BREW FILM OF THE WEEK: TIM TOM
I first saw this film back at SIGGRAPH 2003 so it’s not exactly new. But the film has stuck with me, and it holds up quite well. Now that …
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 …
“Renaissance”, an animated feature from France
Here’s the most intriguing 2006 animated film I’ve heard about. Actually, it’s the only intriguing 2006 film I’ve heard about, but that’s …
Pyrats at Gobelins
A group of French animation students at the school Gobelins have started a blog documenting the production of their animated short …
Super Tibetan Racer
SUPER TIBETAN RACER is an animated short best described as Tibetan monks meet Super Mario Kart. Like another film we plugged here a while …
Fiep Westendorp
SHEEP IN THE BIG CITY creator Mo Willems, who recently picked up his second Caldecott Honor for KNUFFLE BUNNY,writes in to let me know …
Le Building
LE BUILDING is a minute-and-a-half film that was used as an opening for the 2005 Annecy International Animated Film Festival. The film …
André François, RIP
Another major cartoonist of the 20th century has passed away. Romanian-born André François, whose drawing style was imitated …
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