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COMMENTARY: To Pitch Or Not To Pitch?
A few weeks ago, I commended New York animator Pat Smith for making this comment in an ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE interview: “The …
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“The Studio of Tomorrow” by Teddy Newton
Yes, that’s me as “Scientist #3” in Teddy Newton’s new film, THE STUDIO OF TOMORROW. I’ve been spending the last few days helping Teddy …
Criticizing Animation Criticism
Inspired by Mick LaSalle’s MONSTER HOUSE review, Nick Tam has posted some excellent thoughts on today’s state of animation criticism. …
Mick LaSalle on THE POLAR EXPRESS
I didn’t think of doing this but somebody found Mick LaSalle’s review of THE POLAR EXPRESS. An excerpt is below. If anything can be said …
Responses to “Is My Animated Short Worth a Penny”
Wow, lots of responses to last week’s post, “Is My Animated Short Worth a Penny”. The general consensus seems to be that while these new …
Toy Story 2 Requiem
This is a genius trailer mash-up of TOY STORY 2 and Darren Aronofsky’s gritty REQUIEM FOR A DREAM. (Click on the image above to watch the …
I WANT MY MAYPO!
Homestat Farm, the current manufactuers of MAYPO (the maple flavored oatmeal cereal) are relaunching the product with an updated version …
Disney/Pixar: Artists Speak
We asked yesterday evening for artists to send in their thoughts about the Disney/Pixar deal. Below are a select number of the responses …
HOOD VS. EVIL
The erosion of the animated feature continues. The Weinstein Co. and Kanbar Entertainment said Tuesday that they’ll team up on a sequel …
Joe Ranft (1960-2005), RIP
This is really sad news. Joe Ranft, a major part of Pixar’s creative team, died in an auto accident yesterday, according to this post on …
Happy Birthday, Cartoon Retro
This past Monday was the one-year anniversary of CartoonRetro.com, an incredible source of daily visual inspiration that never fails to …
Ace in the Hole
Whoever said corporations don’t listen to their customers? Cartoon Brew has found out that following the embarassing debut of LOONATICS, …
2004: The year of the animation blog
When Lili Chin and Eddie Mort posted an item on their fwak blog last September about the forthcoming upgrade of Macromedia Flash, it …
BARRIER TALKS TO TASHLIN
If I were going to make a very personal list of the pleasures of the World Wide Web, it would include the fact that MichaelBarrier.com …
Green Screen No More?
Boy that was fast. DREW CAREY’S GREEN SCREEN SHOW, the Ron Diamond-produced TV series that mixed live-action improv with animation, is …
The Return of Stevie and Zoya
Here’s something exciting. Joe Horne is producing new Flash episodes of THE ADVENTURES OF STEVIE & ZOYA. It seems only appropriate to …
LOONEY TUNES VOLUME 2
I saw a check disc a few weeks ago, but tonight I got a physical copy of the finished product in my hot little hands. The
DREW CAREY’S GREEN SCREEN
We are overdue in mentioning Drew Carey’s Green Screen Show. It’s been on for two weeks now (Thursday nights at 8:30pm on The WB Network) …
Amid in Ottawa
I’m off to the Ottawa Animation Festival, which starts this evening (it’s going to be a mighty long day). There’s an amazing line-up of …
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