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 …

Anime

“I Can’t Stand Modern Animation”

That’s the headline in the Singapore based The Straits Times this morning. The outspoken Hayao Miyazaki was quoted by Hong Kong’s Sunday …

Comics

Krazy over Herriman

Kat lovers unite – you’re about to be hit with a brick! Craig Yoe has just started a website devoted to cartoonist George …

Books

2009 Animation Book Preview

While the Internet has killed off the print animation magazine (or at least the demand for such publications), it hasn’t yet diminished …

BrewTV

Cartoon Brew TV #5: Hairyman

Steven Subotnick’s film Hairyman began as an interpretation of an American folk tale from the South, but the idea evolved in an …

Anime

Mind Over Manga

Anime website Digital Manga once again sponsors Pop Japan Travel’s Mind Over Manga Tour from Aug. 21st through August 27th. This year the …

Events

Bakshi party photos

Steve Worth posts many worthwhile things on the Asifa Hollywood Animation Archive website, including Mary Blair paintings and Ren & …

Cartoon Culture

Snapshots from the Valley

Over the weekend, Mike Kazaleh snapped this picture (above) of the window of a North Hollywood chicken resturant. Their mascot is an …

Advertising

C.L. Hartman Animation Reel

The grandson of Golden Age Hollywood animator C.L. Hartman has posted a reel onto YouTube of commercials animated by Hartman at John …

Books

Bear Manor Books

While I was traveling to New York and Canada last week, I had the opportunity to catch up on several new books – including a trio of …

Ideas/Commentary

Animation Writing Roundup

Quick Stop Entertainment has a lengthy interview with Bloom County and Opus creator Berkeley Breathed. Breathed talks about the earlier …

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