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Animation History Round-Up #2
A lot of readers seemed to enjoy the first Animation History Round-Up posted here a few weeks ago, so here’s another guide to rare …
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Magoo’s Christmas Carol
Calling all cartoon historians! Animator Darrell Van Citters is researching and writing a book about the classic UPA TV special Mr. …
Inside UPA: A Cartoon Brew Book
Today I’m pleased to announce the upcoming publication of the first-ever Cartoon Brew book. Inside UPA is a 64-page volume offering an …
Monday Morning Maurice
Not sure why I’ve never linked to this before but here is an illuminating 1991 interview with legendary animation background designer …
Fred Bastard
Fred Bastard is a pilot for an adult animated series that London-based Uli Meyer Animation produced in 2001. The content is …
The Making of Pencil Test
With SIGGRAPH 2007 now wrapped up, I thought it might be appropriate to link to the video below about a CG animated short that debuted …
The Online Animation Conversation
In early-2005, I declared that 2004 had been the year of the animation blog. It was a good year no doubt, but the same could likely be …
Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend
“Holy Sh-t!” I gotta have this book. That was my reaction when I first saw it – and now I have it. I’d heard about the book, but had …
The Colored Cartoon
Heads up: University of Massachusetts Press has announced the publication of The Colored Cartoon: Black Representation in American …
RIP, Art Stevens
I was out of town when this news emerged a couple weeks ago but I wanted to make mention of the passing of Disney animator and director …
RIP, David Hilberman
ASIFA-San Francisco president Karl Cohen forwarded a note to let us know that UPA co-founder and one of the last of the truly great …
San Diego Comic Con: Animation Programming
They’ve just posted the complete schedule of programming for the San Diego Comic Con, July 26-29. Below I’ve extracted the animation …
Trailers From Hell
Okay, this is slighty OT, but I absolutely love it. Our cartoon pal Joe Dante (Looney Tunes: Back In Action) and his movie director …
Here Comes Trouble…
Just in time to ruin your holiday, this poster has popped up on various movie sites this week. First Underdog, now this. It looks …
Flip #3
New month…new edition of FLIP, animator Steve Moore’s excellent online magazine for animators. In this edition Steve celebrates …
Platform Snaps
I’ll share my thoughts on the Platform festival in a bit, but first, a few snaps from this past week. As you can probably tell from these …
Popeye DVD: Bonus Materials
This is the original main title, unseen for 70 years, to Popeye The Sailor Meets Ali Baba’s Forty Thieves, shot with my cel phone camera …
Report from Platform #1
Day one at Platform. Got into Portland around 2:30pm and was whisked to the very cool Ace Hotel. After a quick check in, I headed to a …
Amid@Platform
I’m still recovering from Annecy but the Platform Festival is coming up in Portland in a few days and it promises to be another intense …
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