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The Fabulous Firework Family (1959)
Over at Bob Shea and Lane Smith’s wonderful Curious Pages blog, they’ve posted the classic Jim Flora children’s book, The Fabulous …
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Lee Unkrich auction for Haiti Relief
Ever wanted a Wall-E crew jacket — or a Woody doll autographed by Tom Hanks? Lee Unkrich (Director of Toy Story 3) is holding charity …
New Looney Tunes dvds in April
I’m happy to confirm the news – first reported on TV Shows on DVD – that Warner Bros. is indeed continuing to release Looney Tunes on DVD …
Arnold Stang 1918-2009
One of my favorite actors and character animation voices, Arnold Stang, has passed away at age 91. In animation, Stang will live forever …
2009 Annie Award Nominees by Category
PRODUCTION CATEGORIES Best Animated Feature Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs — Sony Pictures Animation Coraline — …
Annie Award Nominees 2009
ASIFA-Hollywood announced its nominees for the 2009 Annie Awards this morning. For Best Animated Feature, Sony’s Cloudy With a Chance …
The 2000s: TV Animation
It’s the time again when critics start compiling their “best of” lists for the decade. We’ll probably do a few ourselves, though the …
Interviews Worth Reading and Hearing
Filmmaker Michael Sporn interviews Jennifer and Bert Klein about their ambitious new animated short Pups of Liberty and the lengths they …
The Creative Integrity of William Golden
Recently I revisited The Visual Craft of William Golden, a book published in the early-Sixties about the legendary CBS creative director. …
Hair of the Dog
There’s a “creative grooming” trend happening in the US right now. Some of the more spectacular results have been photographed by poodle …
“A Nose” by Mordi Gerstein
WOW! A real rarity today. It’s A Nose, an animated short from 1966 directed and designed by Mordi Gerstein (who prior to this had worked …
Disney buys MARVEL COMICS
Move over Uncle Scrooge! Disney will now compete with Hollywood (and in particular, Warner Bros. the owner of DC Comics) buy …
The King Of Jazz
Walter Lantz animated a short sequence for the Universal feature King Of Jazz (released 3/30/30). The sequence is notable as the first …
Blog Round-up: Cleuzo, de Sève, Smith
Haven’t done this in a while, so here are a few artist blogs worth your time: Animator Sandro Cleuzo’s blog is just over a week old, …
“Throw Me to the Rats” Music Video
A music video for the track “Throw Me to the Rats” by the Tom Fun Orchestra. It’s directed by Alasdair Brotherston and designed by Jock …
Vance Gerry Tribute Blog
Story artist Ed Gombert has started a blog dedicated to the work of Disney storyman Vance Gerry, who passed away in 2005. Gombert writes …
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 …
Filmation’s Marx Brothers?
Thank God for small favors… As far as I know this show doesn’t exist. Fred Grandinetti sent me this trade ad from Broadcasting Magazine …
SDCC ’09: More plugs for stuff I like
Click on thumbnails below to see full-size images. First, this just in from Eric Goldberg:Hi, guys- Thought I would pass along a …
Max Weintraub
Whether it’s the elegant animated navigation of his Flash portfolio site or the visually adventurous commercials and promos on his reel, …
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