Animators

Corny Cole (1930-2011)

Beloved animator, graphic artist, book illustrator, painter and teacher Cornelius “Corny” Cole has passed away. His close friend, …

Animators

Happy 97th Birthday, Don Lusk!

It’s always sad to say goodbye to our animation heroes and inspirations, so any opportunity to wish them well in their later years is …

Animators

Own a piece of Pal

Auctioneers Profiles In History are currently having an incredible entertainment memorabilia sale which is including a Lot of 100 puppets …

Animators

Victor Haboush (1924-2009)

Victor Haboush passed away on May 24, 2009 at age 85. A first-generation American of Lebanese descent, he was born on April 16, 1924 and …

Animators

Ray Aragon, 1926-2009

Animation artist Ray Aragon passed away on Sunday, March 15, at the age of 83. He had been in poor health in recent months. Aragon was …

Illustration

Paint by Norman Gollin

Paint is a trippy live-action short from 1968 directed by West Coast advertising art director Norman Gollin. Why post it here on Cartoon …

Animators

Abe Levitow website

Roberta, Judy and Jon Levitow have created a new website devoted to their father, Abe Levitow. Levitow, a largely overlooked figure …

Events

Annie Awards

I’m getting an award! The Annie Award nominations were announced this morning. The big news is that the juried awards are going to …

Advertising

J.J. at the NY Comic Con

J. J. Sedelmaier (The Ambiguously Gay Duo, Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, The Colbert Report’s Tek Jansen, etc.) will be back next …

Old Brew

SUPERMAN HATES SMOKERS

Here’s a blast from the past. Matt Richardson posted this vintage TV spot on his Poptique blog:I’m 99.9% certain it was made back in 1980 …

Old Brew

Ambiguous DUO RETURN

After almost four years, J. J. Sedelmaier Productions and Robert Smigel, the creators of NBC’s Saturday Night Live “Saturday TV …

Advertising

Good Lord!

Nobody does a better job of parodying “retro” styles of animation than J.J. Sedelmaier. He’s done it time and time again from his …

Old Brew

The Boy, The Beer and the Bus

What better way to document a film festival than to make a film about it? That’s exactly what Rita Street’s friend, Gayle Ellett, did to …

Old Brew

Don’t Squeeze The Sponge!

Oh, log this one under super-ridiculous!My pals over at Animation Magazine sent me the heads up on today’s New York Times article, …

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