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CBTV Student Fest: “Otzi” By Evan Red Borja
The story of a man who finds a man.
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Comic-Con Animation Guide
Less than a week remains until Comic-Con International begins in San Diego, and whether you’re a fan of animation, comics, fantasy …
Toronto Animation Fest Unveils 2012 Lineup
Toronto, ON — Tickets for the Toronto Animation Arts Festival International (TAAFI), celebrating the best of animation arts from around …
Let Frank Tashlin Teach You His “SCOT Art” Cartooning Method
Frank Tashlin’s extremely rare 1952 cartooning booklet How to Draw Cartoons has been posted online in its entirety. In the book, Tashlin …
“Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation” Coming to DVD on August 21, 2012
IT’S OUTRAGEOUS SUMMER FUN WITH THE TINY TOONS GANG ON WARNER HOME VIDEO’S RELEASE OF TINY TOON ADVENTURES: HOW I SPENT MY VACATION …
“Looney Tunes: Mouse Chronicles”
Our friends at TVShowsOnDVD have reported on Warner Home Video’s plans to release Looney Tunes Mouse Chronicles on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. …
“Kontraste” by Sieglinde Hamacher
Watching Kontraste by Sieglinde Hamacher makes me realize I’ve never seen any East German animation. From what I’ve read, their state-run …
Ruby-Spears on Stu’s Show
Thundarr, Fangface, Turbo Teen, Plastic Man, Rickety Rocket (above), Mighty Man and Yukk, Rubik The Amazing Cube, Mr. T… If these are …
Welcome to the Gold Rush of Internet Animation Channels
In last week’s post about Butch Hartman’s animation channel, I wrote that, “The word of the year for Internet content is CHANNELS.” The …
FRIDAY in L.A: UPA at LACMA
To celebrate the publication of Adam Abraham’s essential new UPA history, When Magoo Flew and the just-released TCM/Sony DVD set,
Bits & Pieces: Oriental DreamWorks, Craig McCracken, Alan Menken and the Return of Icebox
* Oriental DreamWorks, the joint venture between DreamWorks and a consortium of Chinese investors, has announced that its first feature …
Don Markstein (1947-2012)
Don Markstein may not have been a household name in animation circles, but he was one of the best friends comics and cartoon history ever …
Everybody Wanted to Sue Disney in 1940
It’s no secret that the Walt Disney Company is fiercely protective of its intellectual property, but the law works both ways, and they’ve …
Books, Books, Books
Time for another round-up of recent reads I can highly recommend (How’s that for alliteration?). First up, a magazine: Disney Twenty …
Exploring the Bookshelf of Animation Legend Jules Engel
What kind of books might an animation artist have kept on their bookshelf sixty years ago? They certainly wouldn’t have owned many …
Oscar Focus: Bill Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg Talk ‘The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore’
BREWMASTERS NOTE: This week Cartoon Brew takes a closer look at each of the five Academy Award nominated animated shorts. Each day at …
“Simpsons”‘ Matt Groening Receives Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame
WHO:Â Â Â Â Matt Groening Emcee: Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, President/CEO Leron Gubler Guest speakers: Hank Azaria …
John Carter meets “Beany & Cecil”
In ancipation of Andrew Stanton’s (Finding Nemo, Wall-E) live action debut, John Carter, this clip of Bob Clampett’s 1936 John Carter of …
Restored Paramount “Noveltoons” on DVD
Okay, here is an unabashed plug for a video project near and dear to my heart. Animation archeologist/film-restoration hero Steve …
Flea & Fly in “City Troubles” by Fernando Miller
Longtime readers of this blog know I have a “thing” for retro-style cartoons – i.e. new animated shorts that faithfully mimic a past era …
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