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JANET KLEIN

As usual on the first Thursday of every month, I’ll be showing several 16mm films at the Steve Allen Theatre (at 4773 Hollywood Blvd. in …

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WALLACE & GROMIT

Unless I’m mistaken, I’ve now seen every substantial theatrical animated feature of 2005 (except CHICKEN LITTLE). MADGASCAR, CORPSE BRIDE …

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DISNEY’S CINDERELLA

CINDERELLA (1950) played an important role in setting the Disney feature animation style of the 1950s, it inspired key attractions at …

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COMIC CON!

The annual insanity known as San Diego Comic Con starts tonight. I will be down there all weekend where I am scheduled to host three …

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SAN DIEGO COMIC CON

In a little less than two weeks, the San Diego Comic Con will commence with an expected attendance of over 100,000 fans and industry …

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CONTEST #3

DASTARDLEY AND MUTTLEY IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES and THE PERILS OF PENELOPE PITSTOP contained the work of some of the greatest talents in …

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CONTEST #2

In today’s contest, the first two readers that correctly answered the question below won a prize. The First Prize was the brand new …

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CONTEST TIME!

Who wants to win a Hanna-Barbera dvd set?Once again, starting tomorrow at nine a.m. (unless we oversleep) we will post a brain twisting …

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Thurl Ravenscroft 1914-2005

Thurl Ravenscroft, who roared “They’re Grrrrreeeat!” in Kellogg’s Tony the Tiger ads and voiced a host of Disney characters, died Sunday …

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Loonatics Title No More?

Warner Bros. TV Animation continues to dig itself into a deeper and deeper hole of its own making with its LOONATICS fiasco. First, they …

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Eddie Friedman (1912-2005)

Bronwen Barry writes on Animation Nation: I have to post this sad note on the passing of my dear,dear friend (and, at one time, bowling …

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AT THE COMIC SHOP

Friday is the day I usually walk over to Golden Apple and see what’s new. I’ve noticed that I’ve become very picky in recent years. I …

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Song Cut From the Oscars

This story appeared in several papers today – but since subscription is required, we’ll post it complete below:Cut From the Oscars: …

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New Animation Books

Here’s some animation and cartoon-related books coming out in the next few months… Heard any good Mark Twain quotes lately? CHUCK …

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MORE OSWALD IN AMERICA

Brew correspondent B. Baker pointed out to me this morning this gorgeous 1927 OSWALD THE RABBIT poster being auctioned off by Heritage …

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Stop-Frame Ward

I’m a huge stop-motion fan, so was interested to score a DVD copy of Australian filmmaker Peter Cornwell’s WARD 13 last week. In addition …

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A Brush With Will Eisner

Mark Bunker sent in this nice memory of recently departed comic legend Will Eisner: Eisner has long been my favorite comic book artist. …

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Early thoughts on Open Season

Sony Imageworks’s first feature OPEN SEASON already has one major strike against it: three co-directors. In my opinion, great animated …

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