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EXCLUSIVE: John K. Talks about his “Simpsons” Opening
Last year, The Simpsons commissioned an opening couch gag from British street artist Banksy that contained a cockeyed look at the working …
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Buy The Lost Love Letters of Hugh Harman
Dozens of love letters belonging to director and animator Hugh Harman have turned up on eBay. For those who are unfamiliar with the name, …
Cartoon Network & Singapore’s MDA Launch “Snaptoons”
SINGAPORE (June 30, 2011) — Cartoon Network today announced a joint agreement with Singapore’s Media Development Authority (MDA) to …
LeBron James Ditches “Space Jam”
A College Humor commentary on NBA player LeBron James that shows what would happen if he was in Space Jam instead of Michael Jordan. …
INTERVIEW: How The Rauch Brothers Make Shorts for PBS
Rauch Brothers Animation, operated by Brooklyn-based Mike and Tim Rauch, epitomizes all that is good about New York animation. A couple …
Who owns Betty Boop?
Apparently the Fleischer estate has lost a court battle for the rights to Betty Boop, a character created by Grim Natwick at Max …
‘Where the Wild Things Are’: An Early CG Experiment by John Lasseter and Glen Keane
Hans Perk recently posted scans from a 1983 edition of the Disney Newsreel, an in-house newsletter about happenings around the studio. …
“Sprite Boy” model sheet
You never know where you’ll find animation history. The Coca-Cola website has just posted this obscure model sheet of their Sprite Boy …
Gallery on Baum Sells Cartoon Art Forgeries?
Tony Greco, who run Pittsburgh’s The Gallery on Baum, has had a tough year. First, there was a lengthy exposé in the Pittsburgh Post …
KLIK! Starts Tomorrow in Amsterdam
The animation festival KLIK! begins tomorrow in Amsterdam and continues through September 19. They presented their first edition in 2007, …
The New York Times on the new Looney Tunes
Brooks Barnes recounts the recent history – and uncertain future – of Warner Bros. Looney Tunes franchise in today’s New York Times. The …
UCLA Preserved Silent Animation website
Last night, Bill Kroyer and I participated in an animation panel at the Hammer Museum, which followed a screening of some newly restored …
The Disappearing Cartoon
Director and animator Will Finn made a thought-provoking observation on his blog a few days ago. He began the discussion by surmising …
Dear Sesame Street
Dear Sesame Street, We, the undersigned, would like to register our concern over the contest you are now conducting with Aniboom. We …
Wild Wind by Leo Campasso
Twenty-one-year old Leo Campasso, an animator at Buenos Aires studio HookUp Animation, created Wild Wind in his spare time. The short is …
My Trip To Korea
I just got back from Seoul, Korea, where I spoke at a conference called DICON 2009, a digital conference that was part of the …
Yasuji Mori and Hayao Miyazaki
Joshua Smith, who has introduced me to lots of great anime over the years, wrote to let me know about some recent discoveries he made on …
Notes from the Comic Con
I’m just back from “Comic Con” aka the San Diego Comic Con (for the record, I refuse to call it Comic Con International) and, all said …
“Yip” Harburg at Fleischer
Did you know songwriter E.Y. “Yip” Harburg (lyricist of The Wizard of Oz, Gay Purr-ee and much else) wrote material for the Max Fleischer …
Early Terrytoons: Fried Chicken and Chop Suey
During the golden age of animation Disney was the top – and Terrytoons were the bottom. Cartoonist Paul Terry started making cartoons at …
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